One of the truly great Georgia icons has passed away, as Charley Trippi died peacefully in his Athens home on Wednesday at the age of 100.
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Drove him and his lovely wife home a few years ago . He invited me in to see his rose bowl trophy . As I was admiring it I turned a saw a bust which was his NFL HOF bust . He was more proud of the rose bowl MVP than anything . He also told me after he signed with Georgia he had to go to a small school in NY and beef up . After that he said a lot of schools wanted him but he gave his word to Georgia and he was standing by it . He came back to Georgia and all he had was his Coca Cola uniforms when he got to Athens . We talked for quite some time . Not just a DGD but a great human being .
Wow !! That’s time spent with a Great Man and Great DGD that I’m sure you will cherish the rest of your life. I’d have loved to sit down with Mr. Trippi and just listened to him if only for a little while. He was/is a Great Man from a generation of Great Men !!
RIP DGD/DGMan. Thankfully he got to experience the '21 championship season before passing.
