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1939 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1939 Georgia Bulldogs went 5-6 (1-3 in the SEC) in Wally Butts' first year as head coach.
1940 Georgia Bulldogs
The 1940 Bulldogs went 5-4-1 (2-3-1 in the SEC) for the season.
1941 Georgia Bulldogs
The 1941 Bulldogs had a season record of 9-1-1 (3-1-1 in the SEC). Wally Butts guided the team to the program's first-ever bowl game, defeating TCU 40-26 in the Orange Bowl. Frank Sinkwich set an Orange Bowl record with three touchdown passes and…
Charley Trippi
Charles Louis Trippi (b. Dec. 14 1921 in Pittston, PA) is one of the greatest football players to ever take the field for the Bulldogs. He was a threat as a runner, a passer, a pass receiver, punter, and as a safety. He was able to lead the Georgia…
Football practice in Sanford Stadium, 1945
The Georgia Bulldogs football team practicing in Sanford Stadium. Note the field house in the east end zone. The railroad tracks where Georgia fans watched games for free before the stadium was enclosed are in the background.
Frank Sinkwich, 1939
Frank Sinkwich runs the ball for the Georgia Bullpups against Georgia Tech Baby Jackets in the annual Thanksgiving Day match-up of the freshman teams from the two schools. As freshmen weren't eligible to play varsity football, freshman teams were a…
Georgia Bulldogs coaching staff, 1939
The 1939 Georgia Bulldogs coaching staff. Wally Butts was hired on the condition that he would be able to put together his own staff rather than to retain assistants already in place.
First row (l-r): Wallace Butts, Bill Hartman, Howell Hollis,…
First row (l-r): Wallace Butts, Bill Hartman, Howell Hollis,…
Georgia Bulldogs vs. Clemson Tigers.
Georgia defeated its long-time rival 20-0 in Sanford Stadium in this game played on September 29, 1945.
Jim Todd, 1942
Jim Todd was to be a key piece of the 1942 offense until Frank Sinkwich's emergence as a passer led him to be a role player.
Joel Hunt
Joel Hunt coached at UGA for only one season, going 5-5-1 in 1938. He had no previous head coaching experience, having been an assistant at Texas A&M and LSU. After UGA, he was head coach for one season at Wyoming.