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2 unusual facts about Vince Dooley


Frank Sinkwich

"We've lost one of the great legends in football history," said then Georgia athletic director Vince Dooley.

Michael D. Steele

He attended and was an offensive lineman for the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team, during the Vince Dooley era.


Erk Russell

After Erk received Vince Dooley's okay, Russell called Roger Dancz, the director of Georgia's Redcoat Marching Band, and suggested that if the Bulldogs ever did something good on the field, how about cranking up a few bars of Jim Croce's "Bad, bad Leroy Brown."

Jim Donnan

Donnan was fired by University President Michael F. Adams, against the wishes of athletic director Vince Dooley, in 2000 after the Bulldogs struggled to two consecutive eight-win seasons, and three consecutive losses against Georgia Tech.


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