Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football

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Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football
First season1917
Last season1941;84 years ago (1941)
StadiumHermance Stadium
(capacity: 5,000)
Location Brookhaven, Georgia
Conference titles2
ColorsBlack and gold [1]
   

The Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University in college football. They have not competed since 1941 when World War II shut down all sports in 1942. [2]

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History

The 1925 team playing Georgia Tech at Grant Field Wycoff rushing during the 1925 Georgia Tech - Oglethorpe football game.jpg
The 1925 team playing Georgia Tech at Grant Field

Frank B. Anderson established the football and baseball programs in 1917. [3] Jogger Elcock was the team's next coach. Under Harry J. Robertson, the team won a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) conference title on the back of Adrian Maurer in 1924 and 1925. [4]

The 1926 team defeated Georgia Tech, and the 1929 team beat Georgia. [5]

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ Oglethorpe University Brand Standards (PDF). May 1, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ Anne A. Salter (2007). Oglethorpe University. p. 98. ISBN   9780738552538.
  3. ↑ "The Flight of the Stormy Petrel". Archived from the original on March 27, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ "SIAA Conference Champions". CFDataWarehouse.com. 2008. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Oglethorpe". www.gopetrels.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
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