The Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University in

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

. They have not competed since 1941 when World War II shut down all sports in 1942.

History

Frank B. Anderson Frank Butner Anderson (June 16, 1882 – November 8, 1966) was an American college football, and baseball coach as well as athletic director. He was the first football and baseball coach in the history of Oglethorpe University and the namesake ...

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, the team won a

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) football programs were members of this conferen ...

(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 ...

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 hol ...

and

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

. The 1926 team defeated Georgia Tech, and the 1929 team beat Georgia.

Notable players

Edgar David Edgar George David was a college football player. Oglethorpe David was a prominent baseball, basketball and football player for the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels of Oglethorpe University. He was captain of the football team in 1922 Events ...

* Charlie Waller * Luke Appling

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)