Jesse Thrash
Thrash cropped from 1902 team picture
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| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
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| Position | Tackle |
| Class | 1903 |
| Career history | |
| College | Georgia Tech (1902–1903) |
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| Date of birth | October 21, 1880 |
| Place of birth | Georgia |
| Date of death | December 12, 1942 (aged 62) |
| Place of death | Douglas, Georgia |
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Jesse Little Thrash (October 21, 1880 – December 12, 1942) was a college football player and engineer.
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.
He was selected All-Southern in 1902, listed by various sources as Tech's first ever All-Southern football player. Despite Tech losing every game, he began the season as a sub and closed it as the undisputed star of the Tech team.
Thrash was captain of the 1903 team.
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.
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