Former Auburn football letter winner and longtime Georgia football coach Vince Dooley died Friday. He was 90 years old.
University of Georgia officials announced that he died peacefully Friday afternoon in the presence of his wife and four children in his home in Athens.
Dooley was invited to play in the College All-Star Game in an exhibition against the NFL champion Detroit Lions in 1954. Shortly thereafter he joined the United States Marines Corps, where he spent the next two years. People are also reading… Dooley became a fixture for the Bulldogs during his 25-year stint as head coach. Over that stretch, Georgia won 201 games, captured the SEC title six times and won eight bowl games.
Part of Dooley’s tenure at Georgia coincided with Pat Dye’s tenure at Auburn, and the two were forever connected due to their mixed allegiances between their alma maters. Dye bested Dooley five of the eight times they faced off in the 1980s, but showdowns aside Dooley explained the two had a strong friendship given their common backgrounds.
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