Dickey began his college career as a defensive back, but he remarkably advanced from seventh on the Gators' quarterback depth chart to starter after Haywood Sullivan's early departure for the Boston Red Sox left the Gators without a starting quarterback in 1952.
Doug Flutie | Doug | James Dickey | Doug Liman | Doug Sahm | Doug E. Fresh | Doug Williams | Doug Naylor | Doug Church | Doug Williams (wrestler) | Doug Varone | Doug Scott | Doug Henning | Doug Ellis | Dickey Betts | Doug McIntyre | Doug MacLeod | Doug Gilmour | Doug Ford, Jr. | Doug Dennison | Doug Carlston | Doug Benson | Doug Allen | Doug Aitken | R.A. Dickey | Jay Dickey | Doug TenNapel | Doug Moench | Doug Lea | Doug Henwood |
Fuller was also an assistant coach for the Florida Gators football team for twenty-nine seasons from 1947 to 1976 under four different head coaches—Raymond Wolf, Bob Woodruff, Ray Graves and Doug Dickey.
The game, which marked the Gator Bowl's silver anniversary had added drama because two days before kickoff word leaked out that Volunteers head coach Doug Dickey, the SEC Coach of the Year, would return to Florida, his alma mater, after the game.