You may know that George ‘Kid’ Woodruff coached the Dawgs from 1923-27 for $1 per year – as a successful business man from Columbus he didn’t need the money.  He compiled a 30-16-1 record as a coach. 

However I wonder if you knew the following story – as reported in ‘Daily Devotions for Die-Hard Fans: Georgia Bulldogs’ www.die-hardfans.com

In 1911 at Sewanee, Woodruff pulled a stunt that I can’t decide if should be lauded or lamented, but it bears repeating.  As the fog rolled in on the field, Woodruff dropped back to pass.  He took off his helmet and threw it downfield.  In the fog the Sewanee players thought the helmet was the ball and converged on the receiver.  However Woodruff still had the ball and handed it off to the halfback still in the backfield and he ran untouched for a score.  The dogs went on to win 12-3.