The Ghosts of Herty Field: Early Days on a Southern Gridiron

A winning look at the first quarter century of Georgia footballEveryone knows about Herschel Walker, but what about George Woodruff, who, in a fogbound game against Sewanee, passed his helmet into their secondary and then handed the ball off to Hafford Hay, who ran untouched into the endzone? Athens is famed for its postgame victory parties, but who can recall the mountainous bonfire in 1910 that, when ignited, blew out every windowpane in three nearby campus buildings? Herty Field, the University of Georgia's first gridiron, is now a parking lot, but the glory lives on in this classic, fast-paced chronicle of Bulldogs' football from 1891 to 1916.Stegeman, John F. is the author of 'The Ghosts of Herty Field: Early Days on a Southern Gridiron', published 1966 under ISBN 9780820300856 and ISBN 0820300853.