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Happy birthday AU Alum Vince Dooley!
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:01 am
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:01 am
82 years young.
Took his lesson he learned on the Plains and impacted so many young lives and paved the way for success.
War Eagle, Vince!
Took his lesson he learned on the Plains and impacted so many young lives and paved the way for success.
War Eagle, Vince!
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Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:03 am to parkjas2001
Had a great kid too. Happy Bday, Vince!
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:03 am to parkjas2001
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AU Alum Vince Dooley
2nd time in 2 weeks you've used that.
Maybe next week you'll have worked up some new material.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:03 am to NBamaAlum
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Had a great kid too.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:05 am to WG_Dawg
What material? I am proud to be a fellow alum with Vince and it's his bday
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:08 am to parkjas2001
My favorite Dooley story is a personal one.
About 10 years ago, my great uncle passed away. he was a HUGE, HUGE Georgia booster and knew the Dooley family well for years. Vince was a pallbearer at his funeral. I was also. Whole event was red and black including ex UGA players.
Being an Auburn grad, as we were standing there ready to carry Uncle Bill's casket, I whispered "War Eagle Coach!"... Dooleys remark was quick:
"Dont let your uncle hear you say that!"
About 10 years ago, my great uncle passed away. he was a HUGE, HUGE Georgia booster and knew the Dooley family well for years. Vince was a pallbearer at his funeral. I was also. Whole event was red and black including ex UGA players.
Being an Auburn grad, as we were standing there ready to carry Uncle Bill's casket, I whispered "War Eagle Coach!"... Dooleys remark was quick:
"Dont let your uncle hear you say that!"
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:08 am to parkjas2001
umm happy birthday?
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:11 am to parkjas2001
Coach Dooley gave me a football when he was an asst. coach at Auburn. It was a practice ball and had API in big letters stamped on it....a good man.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:12 am to parkjas2001
McGill HS-Mobile, AL alum
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:25 am to parkjas2001
Truth. A man who saw better, greener pastures, shook off a questionable beginning, and managed to make something of himself as a result.
Happy Birthday Big Dawg!
Happy Birthday Big Dawg!
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:30 am to GoldenDawg
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shook off a questionable beginning, and managed to make something of himself as a result.
The street between Athens and Auburn has been long and gone both ways. Names like Erk Russell, Joel Eaves, Shug Jordan, Vince Dooley, Pat Dye, Rodney Garner, Tracy Rocker even today.
I'd send Van Gorder and Martinez back your way though.
This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 8:32 am
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:45 am to Pavoloco83
quote:I'm not so sure that I'd want coaches Dooley, Jordan and Eaves (especially) lumped in with Dye and Garner...just saying.
The street between Athens and Auburn has been long and gone both ways. Names like Erk Russell, Joel Eaves, Shug Jordan, Vince Dooley, Pat Dye, Rodney Garner, Tracy Rocker even today. I'd send Van Gorder and Martinez back your way though.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:56 am to coachcrisp
Just like you don't want a drunk (Paul Bryant) associated with Nick Saban? Amirite?
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:58 am to GoldenDawg
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A man who saw better, greener pastures, shook off a questionable beginning, and managed to make something of himself as a result.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:31 am to Rig
quote:As usual, you're wrong. I would refer to coaches Frank Thomas, Gene Stallings and Wallace Wade in the same sentence with Dooley, Jordan and Eaves. Coach Bryant was simply the best college football coach that's ever come along, not a great moral example (even though you'd have a hard time convincing most of his former players of that).
Just like you don't want a drunk (Paul Bryant) associated with Nick Saban? Amirite?
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:36 am to coachcrisp
Dooley and Jordan both won NC's. Dye should have.
Erk Russell founded the Ga Southern program and won NC's there.
Erk Russell founded the Ga Southern program and won NC's there.
This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 9:38 am
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:37 am to GoldenDawg
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A man who saw better, greener pastures, shook off a questionable beginning, and managed to make something of himself as a result.
Absolutely. Being a man of meager beginnings in the Mobile area, I am sure he was grateful to have the opportunity to better himself and mold what he would become at such a fine institute of higher learning. It obviously showed that the lessons he learned at Auburn would bring him such high accomplishments later on in life.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:40 am to parkjas2001
War Eagle, Vince
Posted on 9/4/14 at 9:47 am to Rig
quote:This go-to put down for the idiot AU fans is pretty lame considering their field is also named after their drunken savior.
a drunk
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:05 am to JuiceTerry
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This go-to put down for the idiot AU fans is pretty lame considering their field is also named after their drunken savior.
No kidding...stick to racist.
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