Sanford Field, located where the Tate Student Center parking lot is now, was constructed in 1911 as a home for the University’s football and baseball teams. The football team played there until Sanford Stadium was constructed nearby in 1929. The…
Joseph Brown Connally was a football player on the University of Georgia's undefeated 1896 team. In 1918, while serving in the U.S. Army in combat on the Western Front, Connally was exposed to poison gas. He was invalided home, then finally died of…
One of the greatest Georgia players of this era, Ketron was renowned for his ‘battle cry’ of “War Eagle”. (Ketron was also known to spit tobacco juice in the face of his opponents.) Ketron, who hailed from Habersham County in northern…
Coach from 1910 through 1919 (with the exception of 1917 and 1918 when Georgia didn’t field a team), Cunningham was the first Georgia coach to last for more than two years. His arrival at Georgia ushered in a new era for the team, which had been…
This is a photograph of the 1897 University of Georgia football team taken sometime before October 30 1897. On that date, Richard Vonalbade 'Von' Gammon was killed during a game against the University of Virginia at Brisbane Park in Atlanta. Von…
This is a photograph of University of Georgia football player R. Kyle Smith. Smith lettered on the 1905, 1906, and 1907 teams, and was the team captain in 1907. The 1907 squad went 4-3-1 overall (2-3-1 in the S.I.A.A. conference) under coach W.S.…
This is a photograph of W.A. Ritchie, who was captain of the 1899 UGA football team. Coached by Gordon Saussy, this team went 2-3-1 overall (2-2-1 in S.I.A.A. conference play).