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Charley Trippi, a Georgia legend, celebrates 100th birthday with Kirby Smart
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Charley Trippi, one of Georgia’s and college football greatest players of all time, celebrated his 100th birthday on Tuesday.
Kirby Smart all smiles and on hand to celebrate the 100th birthday of Georgia Bulldog legend Charley Trippi! pic.twitter.com/8PQlDBxfew
— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) December 14, 2021
Georgia head coach Kirby Smart was there with the legend to help him celebrate, according to the Athens-Banner Herald.
“Was I impressed to see him blow out all the candles?” Smart said.”Being such a great second-effort athlete, he wouldn’t stop until he blew them all out. I was really overwhelmed. If you know anything about his legend at Georgia, you know he was, perhaps, the greatest all-around football player on our campus. Many historians and observers have said that and from reading about him, I understand why.”
In 1946, Trippi was a unanimous first-team All-American, SEC Player of the Year, and Maxwell Award winner.
He is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Veteran journalist Stacey Mickles graduated from the University of Alabama and covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.
