Wally Butts

American football head coach

1905 – 1973

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Who was Wally Butts?

James Wallace "Wally" Butts, Jr. was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at the University of Georgia from 1939 to 1960, compiling a record of 140–86–9. His Georgia Bulldogs football teams won two national championships and four Southeastern Conference titles. Butts was also the athletic director at Georgia from 1939 to 1963. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.

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Born
Feb 7, 1905
Milledgeville
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Education
  • Mercer University
Died
Dec 17, 1973
Athens

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on July 23, 2013

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