Bum Day
Georgia Bulldogs – No. 1 | |
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Position | Center |
Personal information | |
Born: | Nashville, Georgia, U.S. | August 3, 1898
Died: | January 30, 1988 Ogden, Utah, U.S. | (aged 89)
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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High school | Porter Military Academy |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Ashel Monroe Day (August 3, 1898 – January 30, 1988),
Gordon
He was captain of the 1917
Georgia Tech
As the
University of Georgia
Day did not complete his college football career at Georgia Tech, however. He later enrolled at the University of Georgia in Athens, where he played for coach Herman Stegeman's Georgia Bulldogs football team in 1920 and 1921.[9] He played in every minute of 1921. At Georgia his jersey number was 1. Day was recognized as a first-team All-Southern selection by the Atlanta Constitution and several other major newspapers following his 1920 and 1921 seasons playing for the Georgia Bulldogs. He made an all-time Georgia Bulldogs football team picked in 1935.[10] He was nominated, though not selected, for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[11]
Buck Cheves said "I never saw a better center than Bum Day...He would snap the ball and then make the tackle on kicks".[12]
See also
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
- List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni
- List of University of Georgia people
References
- ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Ashel M. Day, last residence, 84402 Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA, born 3 Aug 1898, died 30 Jan 1988, SSN issued Connecticut (Before 1951).
- ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Ashel Monroe Day, born August 3, 1898, student at Ga. Tech.
- ^ Ancestry.com. Georgia, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 [database on-line]. Ashel M Day, born 3 Aug 1898 at Nashville, Georgia, enlistment Date 1 Oct 1918, residence Douglas, Coffee, Georgia.
- ISBN 9781617490446.
- ^ a b c d 2013 Georgia Tech Football Information Guide, Georgia Tech Athletic Association, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 170, 178, 180 (2013). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ 2014 NCAA Football Records Book, Award Winners Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 2, 4, 14 (2014). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ Joe Williams, "Joe Williams Says," El Paso Herald-Post, p. 10 (November 12, 1935). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
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- ^ The Greenie: Tulane vs. Georgia, Tulane University Athletics Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, p. 6 (November 9, 1935). Retrieved August 23, 2014.
- ^ George Trevor. "All-Time All-Star Team". Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Georgia Vs. Tulane.
- ^ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
- ISBN 9780932520081.