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Sugar Bowl Film

Georgia played North Carolina on January 1, 1947 in the Sugar Bowl. They won the competition by a score of 20-10 led by Coach Wally Butts and all star player Charley Trippi, whom Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant called the greatest college football player ever. Color, sound, 39 minutes.

Links to UGA football history:
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1994
http://georgia.xosn.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=523269

For more information about Coach Wally Butts see
http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-729

For more information about Charley Trippi see
http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-832