1920 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
| 1920 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football | |
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| Conference | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 8–1 (4–0 SIAA) |
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| Offensive scheme | Jump shift |
| Captain | Buck Flowers |
| Home stadium | Grant Field |
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| Georgia + | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane + | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech + | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Centre | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi A&M | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sewanee | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transylvania | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard (AL) | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown (KY) | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Millsaps | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1920 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team
Georgia Tech played its home games at
Several players received postseason honors. Tackle Bill Fincher made Walter Camp's first-team All-American, then just the fourth Southern player to do so. Captain and senior halfback Buck Flowers made some third-team All-America selections, and led the country with an average of 49.4 yards per punt.[6]
Before the season
After last season, former coach
In 1920, football used a
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 25 | Wake Forest* | W 44–0 | |||
| October 2 | Oglethorpe* |
| W 55–0 | 6,000 | |
| October 9 | Davidson* |
| W 66–0 | ||
| October 16 | at Dudley Field ) | W 44–0 | |||
| October 23 | at Pittsburgh* | L 10–3 | 37,000 | ||
| October 30 | Centre* |
| W 24–0 | 15,000 | |
| November 6 | Clemson |
| W 7–0 | ||
| November 13 | Georgetown |
| W 35–6 | ||
| November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | Auburn |
| W 34–0 | 20,000 |
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Game summaries
Week 1: Wake Forest
The first game of the year saw Georgia Tech pitted against the
Week 2: Oglethorpe
Sources:[17] |
In the second week of play, Georgia Tech defeated Jogger Elcock's Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels 55 to 0.[17] Buck Flowers had a 68-yard touchdown run. He got his start on a "criss-cross" play near his own 32-yard line, and ran for the touchdown crossing the field laterally many times showing an assortment of moves.[17]
The starting lineup was: J. Staton (left end), Fincher (left tackle), Lebey (left guard), Amis (center), O. Davis (right guard), A. Staton (right tackle), Ratterman (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Flowers (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Harlan (fullback)[17]
Week 3: Davidson
Sources:[18] |
On October 9, Georgia Tech defeated the Davidson Wildcats 66 to 0. Red Barron scored four touchdowns,[19] including an interception return of 76 yards.[18] He also ran in a touchdown from 25 yards out after catching a forward pass from fullback Judy Harlan. Tech attempted six passes the whole game, completing 3 for 114 yards.[18] One of Flowers' punts went 85 yards,[20] the longest in school history.[21]
The starting lineup was: J. Staton (left end), Fincher (left tackle), Lebey (left guard), Amis (center), O. Davis (right guard), A. Staton (right tackle), Ratterman (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Flowers (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Harlan (fullback)[19]
Week 4: at Vanderbilt
Sources:[22] |
Georgia Tech dominated in a week 4 win over the
Georgia Tech had entered into the main part of its schedule after three dominating wins. Upcoming engagements with Vanderbilt,
The Golden Tornado was the clear favorite.[27] Georgia Tech outplayed Vanderbilt and had the ball for three-fourths of the game. Several of Vanderbilt's players left with injuries.[23] Its ends were easily skirted by the Tech backs Buck Flowers, Red Barron, and Frank Ferst.[23] Tech's first touchdown came when Barron ripped off a 55-yard run.[22] Captain Flowers once made a drop kick from 44 yards out.[28] Ferst came in for Flowers in the middle of the second quarter when Georgia Tech started to use substitutes.[22]
The third quarter saw Vanderbilt's one exciting offensive
The starting lineup was: J. Staton (left end), A. Staton (left tackle), O. Davis (left guard), Amis (center), Lebey (right guard), Fincher (right tackle), Ratterman (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Flowers (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Harlan (fullback).[30]
Week 5: at Pittsburgh
Sources:[31] |
The Golden Tornado suffered its only loss at the hands of
In the first quarter, Pitt back Tom Davies was injured.[31] Buck Flowers made the only points of the half with a 20-yard drop-kick.[31] Flowers' performance against Pitt caused Grantland Rice to call him one of the best broken field runners in the country.[8] His tackling on defense also drew praise.[11]
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Hewitt
The starting lineup was: J. Staton (left end), Fincher (left tackle), Lebey (left guard), Amis (center), O. Davis (right guard), A. Staton (right tackle), Ratterman (right end), McDonough (quarterback), Flowers (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Harlan (fullback).[31]
Week 6: Centre
Sources:[35] |
Arguably the highlight of the year was the defeat of the
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Red Barron starred in the game, including a 57-yard touchdown run: "twisting and dodging through the desperate Centre secondary."[35] In the third quarter, Ferst ran 55 yards for a score.[35]
One writer claimed: "even the great "Bo" McMillin was powerless against the Tech players."
The starting lineup was: J. Staton (left end), Fincher (left tackle), Lebey (left guard), Amis (center), O. Davis (right guard), A. Staton (right tackle), Ratterman (right end), Ferst (quarterback), Flowers (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Harlan (fullback).[35]
Week 7: Clemson
Sources:[39] |
Coach Alexander rested his starters for the game against the Clemson Tigers and played substitutes throughout: "to teach the gamblers and point-makers a lesson."[11] Sub quarterback Pinkey Hunt scored the lone touchdown in the final quarter.[39]
End Georgie Ratterman was under treatment by a stomach specialist as the result of trouble supposedly caused by over-exertion during his confinement in a German prison during World War I. It was not known if he could still play.[39]
The starting lineup was: Mayer (left end), McCree (left tackle), Webb (left guard), Johnson (center), Berry (right guard), Lyman (right tackle), Gringer (right end), Glaver (quarterback), Brewster (left halfback), Scarboro (right halfback), Rushing (fullback)[39]
Week 8: Georgetown
Sources:[40] |
In the eighth week of play, the Golden Tornado faced the Georgetown Blue and Gray coached by former Carlisle great Albert Exendine, and won 35 to 6. Exendine countered claims of Tech running up the score, saying his safety men were not playing their best. "The sportsmanship displayed by the Golden Tornado was all that could be desired", said Exendine.[40] The outstanding feature of the game was Flowers' 80-yard, off-tackle touchdown run,[40] still one of the longest in school history.[21] One of Flowers' punts went 82 yards.[20] Ed Hamilton was umpire.[40]
The starting lineup was: J. Staton (left end), Fincher (left tackle), Lebey (left guard), Amis (center), O. Davis (right guard), Johnson (right tackle), A. Staton (right end), Ferst (quarterback), Flowers (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Harlan (fullback)[40]
Week 9: Auburn
Sources:[41] |
On November 25, Georgia Tech defeated the Auburn Tigers at Grant Field by a score of 34 to 0 for a share of the SIAA title.[41] The Tigers had a powerful eleven, which beat Vanderbilt 56 to 6 to counter Tech's 44 to 0 win, and set a school record with 332 points in nine games. Some Auburn fans before the game predicted a victory over Tech and the conference title.[42]
Flowers scored three touchdowns in the game, including punt returns of 82 and 65 yards and a 33-yard run from scrimmage, and also passed for a fourth touchdown.[43][44] Flowers also kicked a punt that went 65 yards in the air against Auburn.[41] Sportswriter Morgan Blake said about Flowers' play against Auburn: "The Auburn Tiger came up with claws sharpened. As he writhed in death agony when the battle was over, he made one request, 'Please omit Flowers'."[43]
The
The starting lineup was: J. Staton (left end), Fincher (left tackle), Lebey (left guard), Amis (center), Davis (right guard), A. Staton (right tackle), Ratterman (right end), Ferst (quarterback), Flowers (left halfback), Barron (right halfback), Harlan (fullback).[41]
Postseason
Awards and honors
Nine of the eleven starters made some writer's All-Southern team.[n 8] Bill Fincher was selected first-team All-American by Walter Camp.[46] He was just the fourth southern player to receive this honor.[n 9] Fincher made 31 PAT attempts on the year, and closed his career with a record 122 of 136.[20]
Captain Flowers was selected as a third-team All-American by the
Championships
Rooters on either side of Georgia were happy as both
Personnel
Depth chart
The following chart provides a visual depiction of Tech's lineup during the 1920 season with games started at the position reflected in parentheses. The chart mimics the offense after the jump shift has taken place.
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Starters
Line
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Staton | End | 7 | Atlanta | 18 | |||
| Bill Fincher | Tackle, End | 7 | Spring Place, Georgia | Tech High School | 6'0" | 188 | 20 |
| Dummy Lebey | Guard | 7 | Savannah, Georgia | ||||
| Dad Amis | Center | 7 | 25 | ||||
| Oscar Davis | Guard | 7 | 182 | ||||
| Al Staton | Tackle | 7 | Atlanta, Georgia | Boys High School |
182 | 20 | |
| Georgie Ratterman | End | 6 | Nashville, Tennessee | Spring Hill College | 22 |
Backfield
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack McDonough | Quarterback | 6 | Savannah, Georgia | ||||
| Buck Flowers | Halfback | 8 | Sumter, South Carolina | Sumter High School | 5'7" | 155 | 21 |
| Red Barron | Halfback | 8 | Clarkesville, Georgia | 5'11" | 180 | 20 | |
| Judy Harlan | Fullback | 8 | Ottumwa, Iowa | Tech High School | 5'11" | 178 | 23 |
Substitutes
Line
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. G. Berry | Guard | 1 | |||||
| Jesse Fincher | Tackle | ||||||
| Claire Frye | Center | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
160 | ||||
| H. W. Granger | End | 1 | |||||
| Charles Johnson | Center | 1 | Atlanta, Georgia | 6'0" | 184 | 23 | |
| W. P. Lyman | Tackle | 1 | |||||
| R. P. Mayer | End | 1 | |||||
| J. P. McCrea | Tackle | 1 | |||||
| B. P. Webb | Guard | 1 |
Backfield
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Prep school | Height | Weight | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Brewster | Halfback | 1 | Newnan, Georgia | 5'7" | 155 | 18 | |
| Frank Ferst | Quarterback | 2 | |||||
| Bill Glaver | Quarterback | 1 | |||||
| Pinkey Hunt | Quarterback | ||||||
| Oats | Halfback | ||||||
| O. W. Rushing | Fullback | 1 | |||||
| Dewey Scarboro | Halfback | 1 | Moultrie, Georgia | Moultrie High School | 5'6" | 145 | 21 |
| H. Welchel | Fullback |
Scoring leaders
The following is an incomplete list of statistics and scores, largely dependent on newspaper summaries.
| Player | Touchdowns | Extra points | Field goals | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judy Harlan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Buck Flowers | 8 | 2 | 4 | 62 |
| Red Barron | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Bill Fincher | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| Jack McDonough | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Frank Ferst | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Pinkey Hunt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Bill Glaver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kenyon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dummy Lebey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Patterman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| W. P. Lyman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Dewey Scarboro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Al Staton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 43 | 39 | 5 | 312 |
Coaching staff
- Head coach: William Alexander
- Backfield coach: Joe Guyon
- Line coach: Fay Wood
- Reserve coach: Kid Clay
- Freshman coach: George C. Griffin
- Manager: F. L. Asbury, Jr.[10]
See also
- 1920 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
- 1920 College Football All-Southern Team
- 1920 College Football All-America Team
Notes
- ^ Although Georgia Tech's teams are officially known as the "Yellow Jackets", northern writers called the team the "Golden Tornado" in 1917; the name was commonly used until 1928, and for many years afterwards, as an alternate nickname.[1] It may have been coined by Morgan Blake.[2]
- ^ It was ostensibly to prevent any social embarrassment to his former wife after their divorce, who chose to remain in the city.[4][7]
- ^ Future Tech fullback Sam Murray was asked about a certain strong runner in the 1930s, "He's good. But if I were playing again, I would have one wish – never to see bearing down upon me a more fearsome picture of power than Judy Harlan blocking for Red Barron."[12]
- ^ The worst loss there for Vanderbilt since North Carolina won 48 to 0 in 1900.[23]
- ^ Hendrick claimed to be protecting Jess Neely from some player for Georgia Tech.[29] No ejections could be made since too many players were involved.[23]
- ^ Tech's shift was penalized for some 165 yards that day.[8]
- ^ Also, both schools had just recently fought against the North. Centre the week before played valiantly against Harvard, a foreshadowing of next year's game.
- ^ All except for center Dad Amis and quarterback Jack McDonough.[45]
- ^ Fuzzy Woodruff commenting on the All-Southern composite selection of the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal next season states "This composite pick has now been recognized as the south's official football hall of fame. No southern player can receive a higher honor unless he happens to be named on Walter Camp's All-American."[47]
Endnotes
- ^ Van Brimmer & Rice 2011, p. 147
- ^ "Golden Tornadoes". Archived from the original on April 30, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ^ a b "Conference Championships – Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ a b Edwin Pope. Football's Greatest Coaches. p. 8.
- ^ Chris Yandle. "GT Vault: It's Been Awhile". Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ^ a b "Renowned Athlete Buck Flowers Dies". Sumter Daily Item. April 11, 1983. p. 3A.
- ^ "Tech Timeline: 1910s". Tech Traditions. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
- ^ a b c d e f "Letters". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 49 (3). Georgia Institute of Technology: 28. 1971. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ISBN 9781614236139.
- ^ a b c d e "The Blueprint". Georgia Institute of Technology. 1921. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Walter Coxe (1953). "The Tornado of '20". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 32 (2): 22. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016.
- ^ "The Cast of Characters". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 51 (4): 18. 1973. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016.
- ISBN 9781616731335.
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- ^ a b c d Lynn Hogan (1973). "They Walked Away Into Legend..." Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 51 (4): 15–19. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016.
- ^ a b "Records" (PDF). Georgia Institute of Technology. pp. 122, 139. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, Tennessee, 1938, p. 38
- ^ a b
"Jackets Prepare For Vanderbilt". The Columbus Ledger. October 13, 1920. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "Southern Football Games Today To Have Bearing On Grid Title For 1920; Tech Plays Vanderbilt". The Macon Daily Telegraph. October 16, 1920. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ Jack Veiock (October 15, 1920). "Big Teams To Be Active Saturday". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "Vandy Grapples With Georgians". Miami Herald. October 16, 1920. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ Camp, Walter (1921). Spalding's Official Football Guide. American Sports Publishing Company.
- ^ "Tech Wallops Vanderbilt; Georgia Barely Wins; Yale Beaten; Princeton A Victor". Augusta Chronicle. October 17, 1920. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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- ^ "Early Georgia Tech Football" (PDF). College Football Historical Society. 14 (1). November 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
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- ^ "Fincher, Guyon, Strupper-and Shaw Hardy". The Miami News. November 3, 1943.
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- ^ a b c d "Golden Tornado Sweeps Through Auburn Team 34–0: "Buck" Flowers in Final Game of Career Plays Spectacular Football, Makes Two Eighty-Yard Runs". The Spartanburg Herald. November 26, 1920. p. 14.
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- ^ a b c d "Buck Flowers Member Biography". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- ^ "Golden Tornado Wins: Georgia Tech Crushes Alabama Poly by Score of 34 to 0" (PDF). The New York Times. November 26, 1920. p. 19.
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- ^ "Buck Flowers: He Could Do It All — Well". Daily Item. Sumter, South Carolina. October 15, 1969. p. B2. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ Henry L. Farrell (December 10, 1920). "Brilliant Backs Are Features of 1920 Eleven: United Press Scribe Picks An All-American Eleven Himself". Middletown Daily Herald.
- ^ "Tech's "Old Time" Football Records" (PDF). Georgia Institute of Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
References
- Van Brimmer, Adam; Rice, Homer (2011). 100 Things Yellow Jackets Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die. Chicago: Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-61749-703-2.