Position Tackle | Class 1903 Name Jesse Thrash | |
Date of birth (1880-10-21)October 21, 1880 Date of death December 12, 1942(1942-12-12) (aged 62) | ||
Jesse Little Thrash (October 21, 1880 – December 12, 1942) was a college football player and engineer.
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Georgia Tech
Thrash was a prominent tackle for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football teams of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame posthumously in 1962.
1902
He was selected All-Southern in 1902, listed by various sources as Tech's first ever All-Southern football player. He began the season as a sub and closed it as the undisputed star of the Tech team.
1903
Thrash was captain of the 1903 team.
Personal life
Jesse's sons Kenneth Thrash and William G. Thrash also played football for Tech. His great niece Maria Thrash is a swimming coach, coaching the Tech swimming teams in 2003.
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