There Goes Old Georgetown: A History of Football on the Hill

[RusskyHoya]

There Goes Old Georgetown:
A History of Football on the Hilltop from 1830–1951

Through September 16th
Special Collections Gallery, Lauinger Library
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

"There goes old Georgetown straight for a touchdown!" Stop by Lauinger Library to experience an exciting exhibit on the history of football at Georgetown. This exhibit features a variety of objects such as tickets, programs, photographs, flyers, letters, and game day footballs from 1830 to 1951.

These items come together to tell a story of school spirit and sportsmanship.

For more information, click here.

[Admin]

Some interesting photos. Here's one of the team at National Airport in 1949 along with flight attendants at the top of the ramp:

(Capital Airlines merged with United in the 1960's.)

[EasyEd]

Aug 25, 2018 17:56:40 GMT -5 Admin said:

Some interesting photos. Here's one of the team at National Airport in 1949 along with flight attendants at the top of the ramp:

(Capital Airlines merged with United in the 1960's.)

I had many good friends who were on the 1948/49 and 1949/50 teams and I see none of them in this photo. Think the year is wrong.

[DFW HOYA]

Good catch--although the Library exhibits references "Members of the 1949 Georgetown Football Team...pose for a photo en route to a game against Tulsa with their loyal mascot, Butch, who served from 1943-1950", the Hoyas actually played at Tulsa in 1948.

And now that I think about it...maybe this isn't the team after all! The gentleman on the left is holding a trumpet. Could this be the marching band?

FWIW, Jack Hagerty is nowhere to be seen, nor Mush Dubovsky, nor any linemen of football size.

[SSHoya]

Aug 25, 2018 20:44:04 GMT -5 DFW HOYA said:

Good catch--although the Library exhibits references "Members of the 1949 Georgetown Football Team...pose for a photo en route to a game against Tulsa with their loyal mascot, Butch, who served from 1943-1950", the Hoyas actually played at Tulsa in 1948.

And now that I think about it...maybe this isn't the team after all! The gentleman on the left is holding a trumpet. Could this be the marching band?

FWIW, Jack Hagerty is nowhere to be seen, nor Mush Dubovsky, nor any linemen of football size.

I have a guess -- perhaps this is the men of the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) maybe en route to basic training (?) and that is not a trumpet but a bugle in the man's hand as I do not discern any valves on the instrument (at least none that I can see) I'm one of the founding members of the GU Pep Band and trumpet player and when I was a freshman in 1973, the old marching band uniforms were still in the band room in Old North as were the original arrangements of the fight song. I hope the Archivist has possession of those items.

The complete caption to the photo references the ASTP: "The Hoyas pose for a photo en route to a game against Tulsa with their loyal mascot, Butch, who served from 1943-1950. Butch, a Great Dane, was originally the mascot for the men in the Army Specialized Training Program at Georgetown. He was adopted by the College after his owner, Captain Andrew D. Gruber, was sent overseas. Butch quickly became a hit on campus and was known to be a sociable dog who attended a wide variety of campus events."