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Vince Dooley's Tales from the 1980 Georgia Bulldogs (Tales) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Vince Dooley, Blake Giles
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1111770
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Edition: Ill
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 184
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1596702400
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781596702400
ASIN: 1596702400
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Condition: Brand new book. Mint condition.
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Product Description
Legendary football coach Vince Dooley of the University of Georgia tells his favorite stories from the 1980 season, when the Bulldogs team won the national championship. Featuring the incomparable Hershel Walker, Georgia went undefeated in 1980, beating Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl. Vince Dooely was head coach at UGA from 1964 to 1988, winning 201 games, six SEC championships, and the 1980 national championship. He was the 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 1978 to 2004.
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'Tales' tells all October 6, 2005
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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.
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