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Former Gator coach Ray Graves has died at 96
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:15 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:15 am
Graves played a huge part in shaping Florida football. Took us to our first Orange and Sugar Bowls, recruited guys like Steve Spurrier and Jack Youngblood and played a role in the invention of Gatorade. Sad day for Gator Nation.
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“A tremendous influence on my life,’’ Spurrier said Friday. “After my mother and dad, Coach Graves had the biggest influence on my life. I am so thankful for him. I had a chance yesterday to tell him I love him and I sincerely thank him for the influence he had on me.”
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This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 10:19 am
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Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:24 am to bgator85
And got deals with all the pro sports leagues in the 70s to start using Gatorade. 
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 10:30 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:33 am to Korin
Damn, the man who truly started it all for Florida. 
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:34 am to olemc999
And was only one of 3 coaches to beat Bryant in Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:35 am to Korin
And the first of those 3.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:35 am to bgator85
RIP Coach Graves
Posted on 4/10/15 at 10:42 am to Korin
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And was only one of 3 coaches to beat Bryant in Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:03 am to bgator85
Damn... dude was coach when my dad was at uf
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:15 am to bgator85
awesome picture.
#81 looks like JFF
#81 looks like JFF
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:20 am to bgator85
Very good football coach. Quite the SEC man. Played two years for Bob Neyland at Tennessee. The second of three Florida Head Coaches with an unusual Florida-Tennessee connection. Graves replaced Bob Woodruff as Florida head coach in 1960 and retired after the 1969 season which oddly enough culminated with a Gator Bowl win over Tennessee coached by Doug Dickey, a Florida grad who played QB for Woodruff in the early 1950's.
Graves was one of the few players to have coached and played in the Sugar Bowl:
Graves was one of the few players to have coached and played in the Sugar Bowl:
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:28 am to Korin
I believe it was only two, Graves and Jim Carmondy of Southern Miss in Bryant's last game in Tuscaloosa in 1982.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:39 am to bgator85
What coach got you stripped of your title? I don't think it was him.
Either way prayers to his family.
Either way prayers to his family.
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 11:40 am
Posted on 4/10/15 at 11:43 am to DoUrden
Charlie Pell.
And the trophy is still in Gainesville.
And the trophy is still in Gainesville.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 12:11 pm to Korin
He was a Tennessee Vol.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 12:13 pm to broeho
Spurrier & Graves:
Scouting FSU at their Spring Game:
Posted on 4/10/15 at 12:15 pm to Serraneaux
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He was a Tennessee Vol.
Pell?
Posted on 4/10/15 at 5:04 pm to bgator85
RIP
Posted on 4/10/15 at 5:15 pm to Korin
quote:This is true, and I was there to see it.
And was only one of 3 coaches to beat Bryant in Tuscaloosa.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 5:22 pm to Korin
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And was only one of 3 coaches to beat Bryant in Tuscaloosa.
Bryant was 72-2 in Bryant-Denny Stadium
Posted on 4/10/15 at 5:39 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Who else did y'all play annually in Birmingham besides Auburn and Tennessee?
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