Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football

Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football
First season1917
Last season1941
StadiumHermance Stadium
(capacity: 5,000)
LocationBrookhaven, 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]

History

The 1925 team playing the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado 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". 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.