Vince Dooley's Tales from the 1980 Georgia Bulldogs [Paperback]

Vince Dooley (Author), Blake Giles (Author)

Book Description

Series: Tales | Publication Date: September 1, 2007

Legendary football coach Vince Dooley of the University of Georgia tells his favorite stories from the 1980 season, when the Bulldogs football team won the national championship. Featuring the incomparable Herschel Walker, Georgia went undefeated in 1980, beating Notre Dame, 17-10, in the Sugar Bowl.

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About the Author

Vince Dooley was head football coach at the University of Georgia from 1964 to 1988, winning 201 games, six Southeastern Conference championships, and the 1980 national championship. He was SEC Coach of the Year seven times and national Coach of the Year in 1980 and 1982. He has been inducted into both the Alabama and Georgia sports halls of fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. He was Athletic Director at the University of Georgia from 1979 to 2004. He and his wife, Barbara, have four children and 11 grandchildren. Dooley resides in Athens, GA. Past titles include Vince Dooley's Tales from the 1980 Georgia Bulldogs - hardcover (Sports Publishing, 2005), Dooley: My Forty Years at Georgia (Triumph Books, 2005), and Dooley's Dawgs: 40 Years of Championship Athletics at the University of Georgia (Longstreet Press, 2003).

Blake Giles Giles is a freelance writer who was sports editor of the Athens Banner-Herald from 1971 to 1983. He was with the Athens newspapers from 1969 to 1996, also serving as sportswriter, associate editor, business editor, and managing editor for sports. He was a two-time winner of the Georgia Sports Writers Association's Sweepstakes Award for best sports story of the year and received numerous awards from The Associated Press and the Georgia Press Association. Giles resides in Athens, GA. Past titles include Vince Dooley's Tales from the 1980 Georgia Bulldogs - hardcover (Sports Publishing, 2005).

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596702400
• ISBN-13: 978-1596702400
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,628,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars 'Tales' tells all, October 5, 2005

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Joshua Garrett (Greenwood, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vince Dooley's Tales from the 1980 Georgia Bulldogs (Hardcover)

Vince Dooley and Blake Giles have captured the hallowed 1980 season with a spirit and accuracy that have no equal. This book helps those old enough relive the season and educates those young enough on what it felt like to live through the season.
The book begins with what any coach will tell you is the foundation of any season, albeit an unlikely one for a book: the end of spring practice the year before. 'Tales' lays the groundwork for why the team had unparallelled unity as the leaders of the team had to pay their debts to society after stealing a pig.
From there, the book tackles each game, one at a time, with a chapter devoted to each. The history leading up to each game, with details not found anywhere else, helps the reader feel the sense of all fans in the days and weeks leading up to each game of that season.
There is even a chapter introducing all of the coaches, who had coached for whom and teases apart the intricate incest that is southern football. And what account of the 1980 season would be complete without a chapter devoted to Herschel, his high school days, the recruiting process, his personality, and his phenomenal athleticism.
Vince Dooley and Blake Giles are the foremost authorities on this season: the coach and the sports editor of the local newspaper. This is evidenced by the exquisite details that simply cannot be found anywhere else. This is the ultimate book on the 1980 season for the serious Georgia Bulldog fan.