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I found some UGA yearbooks from 1947-1950 and thought the board might like some pictures
Posted on 8/5/18 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 8/5/18 at 2:09 pm
There are future Auburn and Alabama head coaches in the first picture.
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Posted on 8/5/18 at 2:13 pm to weagle99
Maybe I'm wrong in assuming they are typical college age, but it always surprises me seeing 18-22 year olds from the 50's looking like they are in their late 30's.
Anyway, thanks for sharing. Good stuff.
Anyway, thanks for sharing. Good stuff.
This post was edited on 8/5/18 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 8/5/18 at 2:15 pm to rbWarEagle
As a matter of fact, many college students around the South in the 50s were actually approaching their late 20s or early 30s as many were attending college on the GI Bill. This was true of my grandfather and all of his friends who went into the army straight out of HS and then attended school thereafter. Also explains why so many men were older than women in some marriages as these mid to late 20 years old men were meeting marrying sorority girls in their early 20s
Posted on 8/5/18 at 2:20 pm to weagle99
Honestly? I though this was going to be a troll. 
Great find and interesting pictures, pages. Thanks for sharing!
Great find and interesting pictures, pages. Thanks for sharing!
This post was edited on 8/5/18 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 8/5/18 at 2:33 pm to weagle99
My dad was a starting guard for AU in 46-47. He weighed 180 lbs
Posted on 8/5/18 at 2:53 pm to tylerdurden24
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As a matter of fact, many college students around the South in the 50s were actually approaching their late 20s or early 30s as many were attending college on the GI Bill. This was true of my grandfather and all of his friends who went into the army straight out of HS and then attended school thereafter. Also explains why so many men were older than women in some marriages as these mid to late 20 years old men were meeting marrying sorority girls in their early 20s
Makes sense. That said, my grandfathers both looked like grown arse men in their late teens.
This post was edited on 8/5/18 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 8/5/18 at 3:11 pm to rbWarEagle
My grandfather was in his mid to late 20s when he graduated from UNC after WWII
Posted on 8/5/18 at 3:23 pm to plazadweller
Could you imagine having already lived an army life before going off to college to learn to be a businessman or a lawyer or whatever and that being the normal experience?
Nowadays it’s kind of an impressive oddity for vets to transition from enlistment to college life and it’s so far from the norm that they typically have special services or centers set up to assist them in making the transition without feeling ostracized on a campus full of 18-19 year olds (or at least uga does)
Nowadays it’s kind of an impressive oddity for vets to transition from enlistment to college life and it’s so far from the norm that they typically have special services or centers set up to assist them in making the transition without feeling ostracized on a campus full of 18-19 year olds (or at least uga does)
Posted on 8/5/18 at 3:25 pm to weagle99
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UGA yearbooks from 1947-1950
Those years are closer to UGA's last national title in 1980 than we are now in 2018
Posted on 8/5/18 at 3:48 pm to Ping Pong
we will give y’all some before long bitch!
Posted on 8/5/18 at 5:39 pm to rbWarEagle
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Maybe I'm wrong in assuming they are typical college age, but it always surprises me seeing 18-22 year olds from the 50's looking like they are in their late 30's.
Anyway, thanks for sharing. Good stuff.
Maybe you're just eating too much soy.
Posted on 8/5/18 at 6:24 pm to weagle99
You missed one. Top picture, third from left is Houston Nutt.
Posted on 8/5/18 at 6:54 pm to Ping Pong
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Those years are closer to UGA's last national title in 1980 than we are now in 2018
Why the downvotes?
It’s a fact.
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:15 pm to weagle99
I sure wish they'd kept Ears back at the house!....helluva coach. 
Posted on 8/5/18 at 7:37 pm to starsandstripes
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Maybe you're just eating too much soy.
Maybe you're a little old for Pepe memes. Why don't you leave that stupid bullshite on the PoliBoard?
This post was edited on 8/5/18 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 8/5/18 at 8:31 pm to rbWarEagle
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Makes sense. That said, my grandfathers both looked like grown arse men in their late teens.
Yeah, the pics I have of my granddad in his early 20s he still looks like he's a 40 year old man to me
Posted on 8/5/18 at 9:05 pm to weagle99
Coach Shug was a war hero in Europe and the Pacific. He was a SEC head basketball coach and won a National Championship as an SEC head football coach. GOAT!
This post was edited on 8/5/18 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 8/5/18 at 9:13 pm to tylerdurden24
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As a matter of fact, many college students around the South in the 50s were actually approaching their late 20s or early 30s as many were attending college on the GI Bill. This was true of my grandfather and all of his friends who went into the army straight out of HS and then attended school thereafter. Also explains why so many men were older than women in some marriages as these mid to late 20 years old men were meeting marrying sorority girls in their early 20s
You're right. That's exactly right. I had family who went to college on the G.I. Bill after WWII and Korean and even Vietnam who played ball in their late twenties.
Posted on 8/5/18 at 9:20 pm to weagle99
Dayum! #21 in the Bama pic was my HS HC. Elliott Speed.
Posted on 8/5/18 at 9:26 pm to Sid E Walker
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You missed one. Top picture, third from left is Houston Nutt.
Houston Nutt was born in 1957.
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