Georgia Tech half back Clint Castleberry was a standout player at Boys High in Atlanta before arriving on The Flats in 1942, high of course was during World War II. For Boys High, Castleberry was a multi-sport athlete excelling in multiple sports but his best without a doubt was football.
What made Castleberry so remarkable was not that he was some sort of massive man who dominated the opposition, but instead that at 5’9” and 155 lbs he was as good as or not better as any other player at the time.
During his one and only season at Georgia Tech, Castleberry would finish third in voting for the Heisman an honor only surpassed by one player and matched by two other freshmen (Michael Vick and Herschel Walker would both finish third).