Good morning to all you truly good yet deplorable Dawgs……Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week……...Enjoy your day……Take care…….
UGA SPORTS SPOTLIGHT:
I’m gonna mention a Dawg great in the UGA football spotlight section this morning, just to make sure at least something Dawg is mentioned today in this “DAWGChat” forum………Today’s DGD in the spotlight is former Dawg Tight End Pat Hodgson………..
Pat Hodgson was a star athlete at Atlanta’s Westminster, where he was recognized as a First Team All-State end and the Greater Atlanta Lineman of the Year as a senior in 1961.
At Georgia, Hodgson led the SEC in receiving as a sophomore in 1963 with 24 receptions during a season he wasn’t even considered a starter…………As a senior two years later, he had 26 catches, earning All-SEC honors for a second time……….His final career totals at UGA are 30 games, 54 receptions for 769 yards and 5 TD……..He averaged 14.2 yards per catch in his career…….
Hodgson was a favorite target of the great Larry Rakestraw……..Who can forget that night (UGA vs Miami) when Rakestraw established all those records…….Pat Hodgson was UA’s leading receiver that exciting game…….And Pat Hodgson was the middle man in that famous flea flicker play that helped beat Bama—he caught the 2 pt conversion pass too (Kirby Moore and the late great Bob Taylor were the other two stars of that flea flicker)…….Here is a short 40 second video showing three of Pat Hodgson’s famous plays at UGA)……
After a brief period in the NFL, Hodgson began a coaching career in college and the NFL lasting nearly 30 years……He’s retired now, living in Athens, doing volunteer and charity work, keeping in touch with old friends, and enjoying every bit of what so many retired UGA football letterman enjoy in Athens……
Pat Hodgson is a DGD………..
SOME “DID YOU KNOW STUFF?” ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY:
400 years ago today, 1st merry-go-round (seen at a fair in Turkey)
287 years ago today, Great Britain passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
245 years ago today, American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada
228 years ago today, 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street
217 years ago today, John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine
171 years ago today, St Louis Fire: first fire in United States history in which it is known that a firefighter was killed in the line of duty
151 years ago today, first color photograph
145 years ago today, 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75
144 years ago today, 7th US Cavalry under General George Armstrong Custer leaves Fort Lincoln for the last time
143 years ago today, Edwin T Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm
139 years ago today, Revised version of New Testament
137 years ago today, Buffalo Bill's 1st Wild West show opens in Omaha, Nebraska
136 years ago today, Alaska becomes a US territory
130 years ago today, Comic Cuts, 1st weekly comic paper, published in London
123 years ago today, the first successful submarine that can run submerged for any considerable distance and combines electric and gasoline engines is launched in the USA by its designer John Philip Holland
120 years ago today, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is first published
114 years ago today, Switzerland's Simplon Tunnel open to rail traffic
111 years ago today, White firemen on Georgia lroad strike to protest against hiring blacks
110 years ago today, Canada sets the designs for the 50 cent coins
105 years ago today, Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st & winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever
Also 105 years ago today, National Baptist Convention chartered
101 years ago today, UK War Department orders use of National Star Insignia on all airplanes
100 years ago today, 1st De Havilland double-decker flight (London) lands in Schiphol
95 years ago today, Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit
93 years ago today, U.S. Army aviation pioneer Major Harold Geiger dies in the crash of his Airco DH.4 de Havilland plane at Olmstead Field, Pennsylvania
88 years ago today, US Congress changes name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico"
82 years ago today, US Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean Navy
81 years ago today, 1st televised baseball game is broadcast on NBC, with Princeton defeating Columbia 2-1
79 years ago today, Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack
77 years ago today, the crew of the Memphis Belle, one of a group of American bombers based in Britain, becomes the first B-17 crew to complete 25 missions over Europe……The Memphis Belle performed its 25th and last mission, in a bombing raid against Lorient, a German submarine base.
Also 77 years ago today, Millionaire Howard Hughes crashes into Lake Mead, while test flying his Sikorsky S-43, killing CAA inspector Ceco Cline and Richard Felt
76 years ago today, General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th
74 years ago today, US President Harry Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike
63 years ago today, “Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson was the #1 hit song in America
Also 63 years ago today, School desegregation law, Brown v Board of education
61 years ago today, Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122
Also 61 years ago today, Sanctuary of Christ the King inaugurated, a 28 meter (92 ft) high monument and shrine overlooking Lisbon, Portugal by sculptor Francisco Franco de Sousa
60 years ago today, 1st atomic reactor system patented by J W Flora of Canoga Park, California
59 years ago today, Fidel Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers
57 years ago today, Bruno Sammartino beats Buddy Rogers in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
55 years ago today, the FBI ends its two-year investigation into the Kingsmen song "Louie Louie," determining that the largely indecipherable lyrics are not obscene.
52 years ago today, LA Dodger Frank Howard belts record 8th HR in 5th consecutive game
51 years ago today, Baltimore, Cleveland, & Pittsurgh agree to go from NFC to AFC in NFL
50 years ago today, Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
49 years ago today, Washington State bans sex discrimination
Also 49 years ago today, “Joy to the World” by Three Dog Night was the v#1 hit song in America
47 years ago today, Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run
Also 47 years ago today, Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings
Again 47 years ago today, Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Love"
46 years ago today, Symbionese Liberation Army shoot-out with Los Angeles police kills six SLA members in the gunfire and resulting fire. One of the largest police shootouts in US history, with more than 9,000 rounds fired
45 years ago today, Earth, Wind & Fire's LP “That's The Way Of The World” becomes the #1 Album on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Soul Charts
Also 45 years ago today, NBC paid $5M for rights to show 'Gone with the Wind' one time
44 years ago today, 28th Emmy Awards: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson, and Michael Learned were the big winners
42 years ago today, Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run
41 years ago today, Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs
40 years ago today, Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured
Also 40 years ago today, “Call Me” by Blondie was the #1 hit song in America
37 years ago today, NHL: Stanley Cup Final, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY: 4 consecutive titles for NY Islanders; sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games with a 4-2 Game 4 win
35 years ago today, Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska
33 years ago today, USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
Also 33 years ago today, Tom Petty's home in Encino, California, burns to the ground
31 years ago today, longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles costs $16,000
30 years ago today, Dow Jones average hits a record high 2,831.71
Also 30 years ago today, World Health Organization takes homosexuality out of its list of mental illnesses
28 years ago today, LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bethesda CC: Betsy King wins her 5th major title, 11 strokes ahead of runners-up JoAnne Carner, Liselotte Neumann and Karen Noble
Also 28 years ago today, Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone & Fisk)
27 years ago today, Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled
Also 27 years ago today, "Chattahoochee" single released by Alan Jackson (CMA Award Single of the Year, Billboard Song of the Year 1993)
24 years ago today, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed Megan's Law, which required that law-enforcement officials notify local schools, day-care centres, and residents of the presence of registered sex offenders in their communities
22 years ago today, LPGA Championship Women's Golf, DuPont CC: 20-year-old rookie Se Ri Pak leads wire-to-wire to win the first of her 5 majors, 3 strokes ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Lisa Hackney
16 years ago today, Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
15 years ago today, 40th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Gretchen Wilson & Keith Urban were the big winners
14 years ago today, the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be an artificial reef
10 years ago today, Iceland's volcano causes Britain's two busiest airports to close
9 years ago today, the final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show is recorded in Chicago
5 years ago today, Gun fight between rival biker gangs and police in Waco, Texas leaves 9 dead and 18 injured. 170 later arrested for organised crime.
Also 5 years ago today, 24th Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift wins top artist & 7 other awards
2 years ago today, Gina Haspel confirmed as the first female director of the CIA by the US Senate
Also 2 years ago today, Michigan State University will pay $500 million in claims to 300 survivors of sexual abuse involving Larry Nassar. Largest sexual abuse case in sports history
One year ago today, Brooks Koepka fires a 65 (-5) to set new record for lowest 36-hole score in a golf major at the PGA Championship at Bethpage State Park; 7 stroke lead is a 36-hole tournament record
Also one year ago today, Taiwan's parliament votes to legalize same-sex marriage, the first Asian country
SOME FOLKS WHO DIED ON THIS DATE
Johann Michael Bach, German composer
John Jay, US statesman and 1st US Chief Justice
René Caillé, French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu
John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States
John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (founded Deere & Company)
Belva Ann Lockwood, American attorney (1st lady to argue in Supreme Court)
Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas TV series
Lawrence Welk, conductor/accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show)
Tony Randall, actor, TV's The Odd Couple
Dave Berg, American cartoonist (The Lighter Side of...)
Frank Gorshin, American comedian and impersonator (Riddler-Batman)
Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins)
Donna Summer, American singer (Love to Love You Baby)
Ken Venturi, American golfer, broadcaster (US Open 1964)
Alan O'Day, American singer and songwriter (Undercover Angel, over 100 songs for the Muppet Babies)
SOME FOLKS BORN ON THIS DATE:
Edward Jenner, English physician, father of immunology, pioneered smallpox vaccinations
Sir Norman Lockyer, English physicist, co-founder of helium gas, founder and editor of "Nature" magazine
Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturing pioneer (co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company
Frederick McKinley Jones, American inventor (developments in refrigeration)
Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (Tarzan, Pride & Prejudice, Hannah and Her Sisters)
Archibald Cox, American lawyer and special prosecutor (Watergate)
Earl Morrall, NFL quarterback (Lions, Giants, Colts)
Dennis Hopper, American actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider)
Myles Brand, American sports administrator (4th NCAA President)
George Johnson, rocker (Brothers Johnson)
Kathleen Sullivan, American newscaster (ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show)
Bob Saget, comedian (Full House, America's Funniest Home Video)
Sugar Ray [Charles] Leonard, American boxer (Olympic gold 1976)
Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1983; Atlanta Braves)
Jim Nantz, American sportscaster (CBS)
Jon Koncak, NBA center (Orlando Magic)
Danny Manning, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1993, 94; NBA Sixth Man of the Year 1998; Phoenix Suns)
Craig Erickson, NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins)
Hunter Mahan, American golfer (World Matchplay 2012; Ryder Cup 2014)
Matt Ryan, American football player
TODAY’S @$$HOLE OF THE DAY:
I spotted this comment, and I knew right then…………
“16 years ago today, Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage”…….
Yeah, I‘ve already crowned this turkey once, but sometimes once is not enough……Expecially when we’re talking Barney Frank, the fat sloppy queer who screwed up the banking industry with his one size fits all approach…..Don’t you just know he had something to do with pushing the queer on queer legalization law through in his home state……..
I’m sorry folks (for a repeat crowning so soon), but I can’t stand the POS…….The small town banks he didn’t close the doors to, he made it extremely difficult for the survivors…….Double, Triple, Quadruple the Paperwork……Some stupid off the wall requirements too……..To hell with it, I don’t want to talk about it anymore……
It gives GREAT pleasure to anoint Mrs Barney Frank as @$$Hole of the Day……..Hellfire, twice crowning that @%&$# may not be enough……..
As always my good Dawg friends, I hope y’all have a Great Bulldawg Day…..Stay Safe…..help MAGA…….and God Bless…….