Bum Day

Bum Day
"Bum" with Tech in 1918
Georgia Bulldogs – No. 1
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born:(1898-08-03)August 3, 1898
Nashville, Georgia, U.S.
Died:January 30, 1988(1988-01-30) (aged 89)
Ogden, Utah, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolPorter Military Academy
Career highlights and awards

Ashel Monroe Day (August 3, 1898 – January 30, 1988),[1][2][3] nicknamed "Bum Day", was an American college football player who was a center for both the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia. He was the first Southern player ever selected first-team All-America by Walter Camp, who had historically selected college players from Harvard, Yale, Princeton and other Northeastern colleges.

  1. ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Ashel M. Day, last residence, 84402 Ogden, Weber, Utah, USA, born 3 Aug 1898, died 30 Jan 1988, SSN issued Connecticut (Before 1951).
  2. ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Ashel Monroe Day, born August 3, 1898, student at Ga. Tech.
  3. ^ Ancestry.com. Georgia, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 [database on-line]. Ashel M Day, born 3 Aug 1898 at Nashville, Georgia, enlistment Date 1 Oct 1918, residence Douglas, Coffee, Georgia.