The Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented

Oglethorpe University Oglethorpe University is a private college in Brookhaven, Georgia. It was chartered in 1835 and named in honor of General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the Colony of Georgia. History Oglethorpe University was chartered in 1834 in Mid ...

in college football. They have not competed since 1941 when

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

shut down all sports in 1942.

History

Frank B. Anderson established the football and baseball programs in 1917.

Jogger Elcock Walter Benjamin "Jogger" Elcock (December 6, 1888 – June 10, 1964) was an American football player, coach, and referee. He played college football at Dartmouth College as a tackle from 1909 to 1911. Elcock served as the head football coach a ...

was the team's next coach. Under

Harry J. Robertson Harold J. Robertson (March 4, 1896 – January 7, 1962) was a Canadian-born player and coach of American football. He played one game as a professional football player with the Rochester Jeffersons of the National Football League (NFL) in 1922 and ...

, the team won a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) conference title on the back of

Adrian Maurer Adrian Harold "Sparky" Maurer (April 7, 1901 – May 4, 1943) was an American football player. Oglethorpe University He played college football as a running back for the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team of Oglethorpe University. He wa ...

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...

and

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. The 1926 team defeated

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, and the 1929 team beat

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Notable players

* Edgar David *

* Charlie Waller *

Luke Appling Lucius Benjamin "Luke" Appling (April 2, 1907 – January 3, 1991), nicknamed "Old Aches and Pains" was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox (1930–1950). He was elected to the Base ...

References

External links

* {{Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football navbox American football teams established in 1917 American football teams disestablished in 1941 1917 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 1941 disestablishments in Georgia (U.S. state)