Leading a Bulldogs Life Jack Troy 1948 Georgia Football Rivalries Hardcover Book

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Notable Features:This is a hardback book with its dust cover. About the Book:In the foreword, Grantland Rice, dean of America's sports writers, says: "It's good reading." This isn't a history book of Georgia football, except where it touches on important events or long-standing rivalries. Instead, in Leading a Bulldog's Life, you'll explore the lighter, more entertaining side of the university's football history.The book mainly focuses on the human side of the Bulldog coaches and players over the years. These are the people who helped make Georgia a powerhouse in college football across the nation. You'll find plenty of humorous stories involving teams like Georgia Tech, Auburn, Yale, UCLA, Southern California, Alabama, Texas Christian, Tennessee, the University of Florida, Tulane, Columbia, Furman, New York University, Mercer, the University of Virginia, and many more.One of Georgia’s best tackles had his own way of playing offense—he would simply throw himself into the action. His nickname was "Bulldog." Then there was the clever Georgia quarterback who, in the final minute of play, managed to outsmart Yale and snatch victory with a 100-yard run.Georgia football may have started from humble beginnings, but it's been an explosive force across the country ever since. There are countless amusing stories, all of which are shared in this book. For instance, one of the South's greatest backs once ran 110 yards for a touchdown—yet no one saw him do it!Then there was the Bulldog back who made a touchdown run but was even more thrilled when he found a pearl-handled knife on the 10-yard line. Meanwhile, Catfish Smith’s observations on the Southern California team and his response to an Alabama coach’s desire for revenge are classics.In football's early days, trick plays were a big deal. For example, if a ball was kicked over the fence, the team that retrieved it would gain possession. Georgia’s solution? They threw a small quarterback after the ball! It might have risked the quarterback's neck, but there was a game to win. Riots even broke out. In one game, a Georgia player, disguised in civilian clothes, almost beat Alabama using a trick play borrowed from the Case School of Applied Science, making Alabama see red!The legendary Glenn S. "Pop" Warner, one of football's great coaches, once left his cleated shoes at Cornell and traveled through the cotton fields to Athens, Georgia. As Georgia’s first paid coach, he famously broke his own center's collarbone while demonstrating a line play.Many famous characters have truly led a Bulldog’s life.About the Author/Editor:Jack Troy, Author of LEADING A BULLDOG'S LIFE, has been rambling around through most of these United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe for almost two decades on various sports assignments.As Sports Editor of The Atlanta Constitution for 10 years he covered five Rose Bowl games, Orange and Sugar Bowl games, professional football (mostly involving George Preston Marshall's colorful Washington Redskins), heavyweight champion- ship prize fights, World Series, Kentucky Derbies, numerous nation-wide meetings of the National Association of Professional Baseball, bull fights, Southeastern Conference basketball tournaments, Masters' golf tournaments, and many other sports activities. With Charlie Moran, noted writer and magazine editor, he covered Army-Notre Dame games from the Notre Dame bench.He was described by Vincent X. Flaherty, sports columnist of the Los Angeles Examiner, as "one of America's most widely traveled sports editors."He has appeared many times on coast-to-coast broadcasts with Harry Wismer, Sports Director of The American Broadcasting Company.Troy twice was invited to Europe, by the USO during the war and by Stars and Stripes, the Army newspaper, shortly after war's end. He flew the ocean with Southern football films and made a 7,000-mile jeep tour of Germany and Austria in the interest and entertainment of U. S. Occupation forces.He moved from sports to the promotion department of The Atlanta Constitution and, in all, has actively served the paper for almost 20 years. He dreamed up the recently dedicated $100,000 community center known as South Fulton Park at Egan Park, Atlanta.The Author was born at Daytona Beach, Fla., attended high school there (captained four sports teams) and took a fling at higher education, via athletic scholarship, at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga. He worked on The Constitution while still in school.Condition:The dust jacket has some minor scuffs and tears along the edge. There is some mild darkening along the edges of the book, but otherwise it is clean and tight. Shipping and Return InformationI am happy to combine shipping. I ship daily for fast delivery.Books are wrapped in paper, bubble wrapped and most are mailed in a bubble mailer while others are mailed in boxes.Postcards and photographs are bagged and mailed in a rigid cardboard envelope.Magazines are bagged, boarded and mailed in a rigid flat lay cardboard envelope. Artwork is bagged and mailed flat between two pieces of cardboard. 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