David Ching knocks the cover off the ball with this article on UGA legend George "Kid" Woodruff. The article starts with Woodruff screaming at General Eisenhower during WWII about the UGA vs. Auburn series. Woodruff was a former player, coach and booster for the Bulldogs.Woodruff was one of the chief power brokers behind the construction of Sanford Stadium and the UGA and Auburn series being played in Columbus.
The article reads like one of Dan Magill's walks down memory lane with Bill Brasky. All of Magill's stories seem to involve a 7'4" 356 pound man who once wrestled a rabid platypus near the County Fair while a small Tech man cried.
Seriously...all of Magill's friends have life histories so off the chain that hyperbole just undermines the reality of their existence. Friends like Herschel Carithers who once flew a small airplane under Stegeman Coliseum's roof. Or Fred Birchmore who built a 9 MILLION pound wall at age 75 on his property in Athens...decades after walking down the stairs of the Washington Monument on his hands, riding his bicycle 25,000 miles across Europe or being a champion boxer. But I digress.
The point is...the tale of Woodruff is in that same ballpark of over the top coolness. It's a great history lesson and a great read. Nice work by Ching. Magill would be proud. (Note: It's 3 pages)
See Also
-- Kid Woodruff's bio -- Georgia Encyclopedia
PWD
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You know, I've said for a while that if I could trade lives with anyone, it'd be Garrison Keillor, because I just think the man has probably seen some really interesting things. But the more I think about it, the more I have to say I think I'd have to trade lives with Dan.
Anybody read Dan Magill's Bull Doggerel Fifty Years of Anecdotes from the Greatest Bulldog?
His book is a great read!
I love that book. I got the first edition, first printing signed by Magill.
I have a link from georgiadogs.com of a free larry munson tribute video which is awesome.
(Just scroll to the middle of the page)
If anyone knows how to put this on youtube it would be greatly appreciated.
http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=657195&SPID=6608&SPSID=64903
This article marks what might be the end of a long, glorious era. Dooley's being erected a statue, Munson's only calling home games (for how long, who knows), and Gator plates are now an eyesore above bumpers in the great state of Georgia. With that, however, let us all welcome - if it's indeed that time - the start of another, long, glorious era in our proud history between the hedges of Georgia Bulldog football (Lord knows basketball ain't gonna do it).
Birchmore actually rode his bike much further than just across Europe. He rode through pretty much the entire world.
There was a great article on him in Georgia Backroads a few years ago
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