 Thrash cropped from 1902 team picture | |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
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| Position | Tackle |
| Class | 1903 |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 21, 1880 Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | December 12, 1942 (aged 62) Douglas, Georgia, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Georgia Tech (1902–1903) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Jesse Little Thrash (October 21, 1880 – December 12, 1942) was a college football player and engineer.
Thrash was a prominent tackle for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football teams of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame posthumously in 1962.
He was selected All-Southern in 1902, listed by various sources as Tech's first ever All-Southern football player. Despite Tech losing every game, he began the season as a sub and closed it as the undisputed star of the Tech team.
Jesse's sons Kenneth Thrash and William G. Thrash also played football for Tech. His great niece Maria Thrash is a swimming coach, coaching the Tech swimming teams in 2003.
