The 1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game was played on October 7, 1916, between the Cumberland College Bulldogs and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on the Yellow Jackets' home field of Grant
The scoreboard at the end of the match
Georgia Tech team of 1916
Georgia Tech's players tackle a Cumberland running back during the game
Panoramic view of the stadium during the game
George E. Allen
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George Edward Allen was an American lawyer, businessman, and friend for U.S. presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was also head football coach of Cumberland
1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game
…Heisman insisted that the Bulldogs fulfill their obligations to play the game and threatened legal action if Cumberland backed out. Cumberland tasked George E. Allen, its baseball captain, to assemble a football team for the game; he recruited his fraternity brothers and students from Cumberland's law school to play…
George Allen 1937
Allen (far right) aboard USS Williamsburg with President Truman (1946)
Home Insurance Building (built 1885 in Chicago), headquarters of the Home Insurance Company, which Allen helped save from scandal