The 1943 Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football team represented the

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pre-flight aviation training school at the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

during the

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. The team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 183 to 105. In July 1943, Lieutenant

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was assigned as the team's head coach. His assistant coaches included

Andy Pilney Antone James "Andy" Pilney (January 19, 1913 – September 15, 1996) was an American football coach and player of football and baseball. He played football and baseball at the University of Notre Dame in the mid-1930s and then professional baseba ...

, Bud Kerr, and

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. Players included

Pat Harder Marlin Martin “Pat” Harder (May 6, 1922 – September 6, 1992) was an American football player, playing fullback and kicker. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993. University of Wisconsin After graduating from Wa ...

(Wisconsin),

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(Fordham), Fuller Brooks, Warren Tiller, Carl Nolte, Zealand Thigpen, Tom Averitt, Wally Moesmer, Jim Randall, Carl Dreisbach, H. C. Byars, Jim Shepard, and Oscar Hoequist. Harder was named as a second-team player on the 1943 All-Service football team. In the final

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, Georgia Pre-Flight ranked 40th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 85.7.

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Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football This List of World War II military service football teams includes all those top-level American football teams consisting of active duty military personnel of the United States Armed Forces that played against collegiate or professional opponents ...