Jesse Thrash
{{Short description|American football player and engineer (1880–1942)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
|name=Jesse Thrash
|image=jessethrash.jpg
|caption=Thrash cropped from 1902 team picture
|image_size=125px
|birth_date={{Birth date|1880|10|21}}
|birth_place=Georgia
|death_date={{Death date and age|mf=y|1942|12|12|1880|10|21}}
|death_place=Douglas, Georgia
|currentposition=Tackle
|school=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
|class=1903
|pastschools=Georgia Tech (1902–1903)
|highlights=
- 1st All-Southern at Georgia Tech
- All-Southern (1902)
- Tech Athletics Hall of Fame
}}
Jesse Little Thrash (October 21, 1880 – December 12, 1942) was a college football player and engineer.
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.{{cite journal|journal=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine|page=34|title=The Clubs|volume=40|number=7|date=May 1962}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/ot/fame/halloffame.html|title=Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame|access-date=2015-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113939/http://www.ramblinwreck.com/ot/fame/halloffame.html|archive-date=2014-10-06|url-status=dead}}
=1902=
He was selected All-Southern in 1902,{{cite news|title=From Southeastern College Teams The Constitution Selects An Eleven|work=Atlanta Constitution|date=December 1, 1902}} listed by various sources as Tech's first ever All-Southern football player.{{cite journal|journal=Georgia Tech Football Information Guide|year=2011|title=All-Conference|page=147|url=http://issuu.com/gtathletics/docs/2011_georgia_tech_football_info_guide/149}}{{cite journal|journal=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine|page=51|title=Deaths|volume=21|number=3|year=1943|url=http://issuu.com/gtalumni/docs/1943_21_3/11}} Despite Tech losing every game, 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.{{cite news|title=JESSE THRASH MADE CAPTAIN|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2012549//|work=Atlanta Constitution|date=December 14, 1902|page=35|accessdate=March 18, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2012546//|work=Panama City News-Herald|date=November 17, 1952|page=16|title=Tech and FSU Tangle First Time Since 1904|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/thrash_maria00.html|title=Maria Thrash}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/081303aaa.html|title=Maria Thrash Joins Tech Swimming and Diving Staff|date=August 13, 2003}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{findagrave|135574272}}
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Category:American football tackles
Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players
Category:All-Southern college football players
Category:Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)