Wade Mitchell RIP

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Did he start a small electrical contractor business in Stone Mountain around 1972 1973 time frame. I had just gotten out of the Navy and worked part time there while at Tech. The owner had been a football player at Tech and the qb. I only worked for him a few months. His bio sure makes me think it was him but that business was not mentioned. He wanted me more hours than I could commit so I had to resign.
 
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g0lftime said:
Did he start a small electrical contractor business in Stone Mountain around 1972 1973 time frame. I had just gotten out of the Navy and worked part time there while at Tech. The owner had been a football player at Tech and the qb. I only worked for him a few months. His bio sure makes me think it was him but that business was not mentioned. He wanted me more hours than I could commit so I had to resign.
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His obit says he worked practically his entire career for Trust Co. (Truist…dum name. 🙂)
 

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LongforDodd said:
His obit says he worked practically his entire career for Trust Co. (Truist…dum name. 🙂)
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That's why I asked. It was a small operation. He had two electricians and himself. I was going to do bids. He had done some apprentice work and had taken notes on how much time each task should take. He had said he had been MVP at the Sugar Bowl. I was impressed with his management style.
 
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g0lftime said:
Did he start a small electrical contractor business in Stone Mountain around 1972 1973 time frame. I had just gotten out of the Navy and worked part time there while at Tech. The owner had been a football player at Tech and the qb. I only worked for him a few months. His bio sure makes me think it was him but that business was not mentioned. He wanted me more hours than I could commit so I had to resign.
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No, I believe that was some other person.

Wade's obituary (above in David30263's posting) said that Wade graduated from Harvard Business School. He worked for 31 years at Trust Company Bank of Georgia (now Truist Bank) retiring as Executive Vice President in 1993.

Wade also held board positions in many civic organizations including the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc., LifeLink Foundation, Inc., United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of American Red Cross, Atlanta Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, U.S.O Council of Georgia, Inc., Canterbury Court, Trees Atlanta, Atlanta Partnership of Business and Education, Shepherd Spinal Center, Private Industry Council of Atlanta, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, Big Brother/Big Sister, Inc. and MARTA.
 

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At the time WM was Atlanta's 'Golden Boy.' IIRC he had a 4.0 GPA at Tech, #1 in his class. He could have played in the NFL as a DB, but the NFL didn't pay that well in those days. For him to choose a business career over pro football probably wasn't a tough decision.
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A number of them made that same choice. Think WM was a NROTC grad and spent time in the Navy then to Harvard. I've heard WM and Dickie Mattison who graduated at the same time and played FB for coach Dodd had the two highest GP of any GT graduates up until that time.

I remember George Morris who was a senior the year prior to WM's FR year saying he made the decision to go into business rather than going to the NFL. As was said not an unusual decision in those days if you were a GT grad.
 

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I grew up in Charlotte (but spent a lot of time with family in Atlanta). Coming out of HS in Salisbury and Charlotte Central respectively, Ken Owen and Dickie Mattison, both fullbacks, were the numbers 1 & 2 senior players in North Carolina. Terrific players at Tech too.
 

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Ken and Dickie were tough hard runners, but the coaches seem to prefer Mattison over Owen, I always thought Ken was the better runner but there was more to playing FB than running in those days. Saw where Ken had gone back to Salisbury, died there it seems like maybe couple years back. That '53 FR class that contained all the names mentioned here was an outstanding class and was the core of Dodd's '56 team which may have been Dodd's all time best team even though they lost 1 game in '56.
 

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iopjacket said:
No, I believe that was some other person.

Wade's obituary (above in David30263's posting) said that Wade graduated from Harvard Business School. He worked for 31 years at Trust Company Bank of Georgia (now Truist Bank) retiring as Executive Vice President in 1993.

Wade also held board positions in many civic organizations including the Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc., LifeLink Foundation, Inc., United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of American Red Cross, Atlanta Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, U.S.O Council of Georgia, Inc., Canterbury Court, Trees Atlanta, Atlanta Partnership of Business and Education, Shepherd Spinal Center, Private Industry Council of Atlanta, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, Big Brother/Big Sister, Inc. and MARTA.
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Must have been a different person but his bio really fit the person I worked for briefly. I have wondered who it was over the years. Wade Mitchell was really a special person. What a legacy!
 

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LongforDodd said:
His obit says he worked practically his entire career for Trust Co. (Truist…dum name. 🙂)
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My favorite Trust Co. story:

Their president for the C&S years was Mills B. Lane. He always answered the phone the same way, "Mill Lane here. Can I sell you some money today?" I always liked that because that's what banks are - stores that sell money - and he admitted it right out front.

Now back on subject: Wade Mitchell was a great QB then and would be a great QB now. He was just what everybody is looking for today: a running QB who can see the field and throw. I was sorry to hear that he had passed on.
 
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I saw the tape of WM's seasons and was amazing at how much and well he threw.
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YA Tittle, Sammy Baugh, Bart Starr, Sonny Jurgensen, and Jack Kemp were all contemporaries of WM. Passing was well established even though Dodd preferred to run the ball.
 
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