Remembering my friend, Coach Vince Dooley

  • To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 1996 Olympics, Athens and the University of Georgia re-enacted the torch run. As chairman of Athens 96, I invited Billy Payne, left, and Vince Dooley, right, to speak at the ceremony.
    To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 1996 Olympics, Athens and the University of Georgia re-enacted the torch run. As chairman of Athens 96, I invited Billy Payne, left, and Vince Dooley, right, to speak at the ceremony.
In sports lingo, it’d be a highlights reel. For me, it’s more of a mental scrapbook. I remember that Oct. 8, 1966, Saturday afternoon. As a 17-year-old UGA freshman, I was sitting on a baking-my…

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