February 7, 1905: Wally Butts Born
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Suggested Readings
James Kirby, Fumble: Bear Bryant, Wally Butts, and the Great College Football Scandal (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986).
Ed Thilenius and Jim Koger, No Ifs, No Ands, a Lot of Butts: Twenty-one Years of Georgia Football (Atlanta: n.p., 1960).
“Wally Butts (1905-1973).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-729&sug=y
Georgia Bulldogs Former Head Coaches: http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/spec- rel/former-coaches.html
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Image Credits
Alabama Head Coach Bear Bryant, 1982 Courtesy of the Associated Press, 8212150208
Bratkowski pass, 1952 Courtesy of UGA Sports Communications
Wallace Butts Georgia Head Coach, 1939-1960 Courtesy of UGA Sports Communications
Butts on the Sidelines as UGA coach Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
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Wally Butts with Bobby Waldon Courtesy of UGA Sports Communications
Wally Butts with Fran Tarkenton and Paty Dye Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
Wally Butts with Fran Tarkenton Courtesy of UGA Sports Communications
Charley Trippi and UGA players Courtesy of UGA Sports Communications
Football player at Mercer University Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
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Georgia Takes Rose Bowl Classic 9-0, 1943, 42-21357133 ©Corbis
“Bryant Said Butts Didn’t Betray Team” Savannah Morning News, August 9, 1963, A1 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Passing play, Zeke Bratkowski Courtesy of UGA Sports Communications
Wally Butts Courtesy of UGA Sports Communications
Wally Butts Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
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Wally Butts Courtesy of UGA Sports Communications
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