Georgia to recognize Vince Dooley, Charley Trippi
Georgia Football has plans this Saturday to honor two of the program’s finest who passed away recently. Legendary coach Vince Dooley and former Maxwell Award winner Charley Trippi, both of whom were part of National Championships during their time in Athens, will be recognized on Saturday prior to the Bulldogs’ game against No. 1 Tennessee at Sanford Stadium.
A moment of silence will be held before kickoff along with a stadium PA announcement and memorial video shown on the videoboard. Georgia has a helmet sticker honoring Trippi while the Bulldogs will wear a special path on their uniforms to honor Dooley. There are also marking on the sidelines for each of them.
Dooley served as Georgia’s head football coach for 25 years after coming over from his alma mater, Auburn, in 1964. He amassed a record of 201-77-10 and led the Bulldogs to one National Championship and six Southeastern Conference titles. In addition, Dooley was the first ever recipient of the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award in 1976, an honor named after the former Georgia Tech head coach. Dooley went 3-0 against Dodd in his first three seasons as UGA’s head man.
Dooley also earned numerous other honors during his time as the leader for Georgia’s football program, taking home AFCA Coach of the Year, Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year, and Walter Camp Coach of the Year all in 1980. Dooley also received the Bear Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
In addition to his time at Georgia as head coach, Dooley also served as the school’s Athletics Director. He held that post from 1979 to 2004, overseeing the hiring of three head football coaches and numerous leaders of other programs during that time.
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Trippi began earning Hall of Fame distinction as a sophomore by leading the Bulldogs to a 9-0 victory over U.C.L.A. in the 1943 Rose Bowl game in which he was named the game’s outstanding player after rushing for 130 yards.
Trippi was a unanimous All-America selection in 1946 after leading Georgia to a perfect 11-0 record, SEC championship, and victory over North Carolina in the Sugar Bowl game. His senior season, he led the SEC in scoring with 84 points and finished the year with 1,366 yards total offense (744 rushing and 622 passing). He was runnerup for the Heisman Trophy in ’46 and won the Maxwell Award, given annually to the most valuable player in the country.
Following his playing career, Trippi was selected to the National College Football Hall of Fame (1959), National Pro Football Hall of Fame, Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, and State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame (1965). He was also inducted into the University of Georgia Circle of Honor in 1996. Trippi is one of only four Georgia players to have his jersey retired.
Kickoff time for Saturday’s showdown between Georgia and Tennessee is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS, but coverage of the colossal clash from Athens begins well before that with ESPN’s College GameDay and SEC Network’s slate of game day shows both broadcasting live from the Classic City starting at 9:00 a.m. ET on their respective networks.
