The Most Famous Run i
t w a s the first time in history an entire team had been inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletic Hall of Fame en masse, and it had taken a revision of the bylaws to boot. And here they were, eighteen fit men in their early sixties, reliving those days forty-three years ago. The Georgia Tech Lettermen's Club luncheon before the Army game honored the members of Tech's 1928 team— undefeated conference and national champions who edged out a favored California team 8-7 in the Rose Bowl of 1929. Captain Peter Pundt accepted the team's induction into the Hall of Farne. Then one by one they were recognized,
Lom turned Riegels around just short of the goal line about the time the Golden Tornado hit. i
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those who had been able to attend: Lewis J. Martin, Charles Brumby, W. Hudson Edwards, Harold "Dutch" Faisst, Sam W. Fincher, Charles W. Fitzgerald, Gene Hauck, Tom Jones, James Kinnett, Ben T. Largen, C. A. Millians, Peter Pundt, Robert Randolph, Harold Rush, Clyde Smith, Jack "Stumpy" Thomason, Frank Waddey, and Joe Westbrook. Coach W. Bill Fincher was there also. And two special guests from California were in the limelight: Roy Riegels, who made the famous wrong-way run that resulted in a safety and eventually the game for Tech, and Benny Lom, his
It must have seemed like the end of the world for Roy Riegels (sitting)...
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