Good morning to all you good yet deplorable Dawgs……..It’s a brand new day…..make something positive out of it……I hope you enjoy my Mumblings today……Take care fellow Dawgs…….
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 the Georgia Bulldog in the spotlight is former Dawg kicker Bob Etter…….
Contrary to an age old sports myth, you don’t have to be a dumb jock to be a football star in college…..Many professionals today were outstanding football players in the past…….UGA football players are certainly no exception; in fact, no Southern school has produced more National Football Foundation Post-Graduate Scholars than UGA; no Southern School has produced more NCAA Post-Graduate Scholars in football than UGA; no Southern school has produced more NCAA Post-Graduate Scholars in all sports than UGA (and this one isn’t even close)…….The truth is UGA has a proud tradition of graduating some of today’s finest professionals……..Not enough Dawg fans remember that UGA football players set a record of six consecutive coveted National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete recipient awards (also known as the Earl Blaik Fellowship)…….That record is probably safe forevermore, as it’s unlikely to ever be broken………Today, we’ll remember the academic and athletic accomplishments of one of those six scholar-athletes…….The “six in a row” Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete winners from UGA were: Tommy Lawhorne, Bob Etter, Tom Nash, Tommy Lyons, Tim Callaway, and Billy Payne……We’ve already spotlighted Tom Nash and Tommy Lawhorne; today is Bob Etter…..
Bobby Etter, placekicker: played high school football for his legendary dad (Red Etter) in Chattanooga, Tennessee…was an All-State basketball player and an All-City baseball player…set the City record for most PATs in a year (34 in 1962)…was a shortstop on UGA’s baseball team…led the UGA football team in scoring in 1965 and again in 1966…in 1965, he also led the SEC in scoring…set a UGA school record in PATs percentage in 1964, not missing a one…his most memorable play came in 1964 when he picked up a botched snap on a FG attempt and ran it in for a TD leading the Dawgs to a 14-7 victory over Florida…he set a UGA record in 1965 with most FGs in a season…also in 1965, he tied the SEC record of most FGs kicked in a game as the Dawgs upset defending National Champion Michigan in the Big House…three times he earned Academic All-SEC honors and twice earned Academic All-America honors…he was inducted into the Florida-Georgia Hall of Fame…he played 4 seasons of Pro football…he has won two national bridge championships and is an American Contract Bridge Grand Life Master…Dr. Robert Etter is a retired professor from California State University Sacramento where he taught mathematics…Dr. Robert Etter, a DGD!!!!
SOME “STUFF YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED YOU DON”T KNOW” AND SOME “STUFF YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED YOU DO KNOW”……(by year/comments)
1796 James S McLean patents his piano
1813 Americans capture Fort George, Canada
1854 Marine Telegraph from Fort Point to San Francisco completed
1863 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River, Georgia, 18 die
1863 Siege of Port Hudson in Louisiana by Union forces. Lasts 48 days, longest American military siege
1895 British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector
1896 Tornado hit St Louis, killing 255, leaving thousands homeless
1904 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants)
1905 Japanese fleet destroys the Russian East Sea fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, the only decisive clash between modern steel battleships in history
1907 Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco
1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; US Navy flying boat takes 11 days
1921 After 84 years of British control, Afghanistan achieves sovereignty
1930 Richard Drew invents masking tape
1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplane at Langley Field, Virginia
1931 Swiss Auguste Piccard and Paul Kipfer make 1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon from Augsburg, Germany
1933 Federal Securities Act signed
1933 Walt Disney's short film "3 Little Pigs" released (Academy Award Best Animated film 1934)
1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional
1935 Jazz composer/pianist Ramsey Lewis, who will have hit instrumental versions of "Hang On Sloopy" and "The In Crowd" with his Ramsey Lewis Trio, was born in Chicago, Illinois.
1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for NY on maiden voyage
1937 Carl Hubbell wins his 24th consecutive game (since July 17, 1936)
1937 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to pedestrians
1939 Don Williams, country singer of 11 #1 country hit songs was born in Floydada, Texas.
1941 FDR declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor
1941 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force
1942 Dorie Miller awarded Navy Cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor
1942 Hitler orders 10,000 Czechs murdered
1943 Cilla Black is born Priscilla Maria Veronica White in Vauxhall, Liverpool, England.
1947 Marty Kristian of The New Seekers is born Martin Vanags in Leipzig, Germany.
1955 Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs in one game, beating Senators 16-0
1955 Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV
1957 Toronto's CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada's first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n' Roll music format
1957 Eddie Harsch (original keyboardist for The Black Crowes) is born Edward Hawrysch in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1958 Maiden flight of the F-4 Phantom II
1960 Baltimore manager Paul Richards devises oversized catcher's mitt, used by Baltimore Oriole Clint Courtney
1961 1st black light is sold
1961 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' ½"
1962 At the Grammy Awards in New York, Andy Williams' "Moon River" from the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's is named both Record and Song of the Year.
1963 Bob Dylan releases the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
1966 55th German F-104 Starfighter crashes
1966 6 French fighters crash above Spain
1967 Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and count them in the national census
1968 NL awards Montreal & SD major league franchises
1968 George Halas retires from coaching, finishing with 318 regular-season wins and 6 NFL titles
1969 Jerry Lewis Show second run, last airs on NBC-TV
1969 Walt Disney World construction begins at Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida
1972 Indianapolis 500: Mark Donohue wins in 3:04:23.851 (262.262 km/h)
1972 The Chi-Lites land their first and only #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Oh Girl."
1973 Rick Wohlhuter runs record 880 yards in 1:44.6
1975 Stanley Cup Final, The Aud, Buffalo, NY: Philadelphia Flyers take back-to-back titles; beat Buffalo Sabres, 2-0 for a 4-2 series win
1975 Worst motor vehicle disaster in UK; bus full of elderly women plunge into Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38
1977 New York City fines George Willig 1 cent for each of 110 stories he climbed of the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York
1977 The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen", sparking major controversy and leading to a ban on the song by the BBC (redclayhound sez this ain’t music)
1979 Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears wins in 3:08:47.950 (255.723 km/h)
1980 South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed
1981 John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol
1981 Lenny Randle tries to blow a slow roller foul but umpire says no
1982 New owners headed by John McMullen buy NHL's Colorado Rockies and move the team to the New Jersey Meadowlands under the new name NJ Devils
1984 Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears wins in 3:03:21.638 (263.308 km/h)
1985 Inaugural bands parade for President Reagan
1986 President Reagan orders 2 Poseidon-class submarines be dismantled
1987 Christian evangelists Jim and Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal
1987 Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start (Young & Sutton)
1993 Dale Murphy ends carreer at 398 HRs
1994 Final broadcast of Arsenio Hall talk show
1994 Larry King ends his radio show
1995 Cracked Rear View, the debut akbum by Hootie & the Blowfish, goes to #1 in America nearly 10 months after it was released.
1995 Actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition in Culpeper, Virginia
1997 1st all female (20 British women) team reach the North Pole
1997 Indianapolis 500: Arie Luyendyk wins his 2nd Indy 500
1997 Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract
1997 Major league revenue sharing begins, NY Yanks pay out most $28M
1997 Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexual assault
1997 Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO
1998 Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
2001 Indianapolis 500: Hélio Castroneves wins in 3:31:54.180 (227.841 km/h)
2001 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Ridgewood CC, NJ: 5-time British Open champion Tom Watson wins first of 6 Champions Tour major titles with a 1 stroke win over Jim Thorpe
2006 Earthquake strikes Java, Indonesia at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta, killing over 6,600 people
2007 Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti wins in 2:44:03.5608 (244.257 km/h)
2007 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course: Denis Watson of Zimbabwe wins his lone major title by a 2 stroke margin from Eduardo Romero of Argentina
2012 Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti wins in 2:58.51.2532 (269.934 km/h)
2012 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, The GC at Harbor Shores: Englishman Roger Chapman wins first of 2 Champions Tour major titles of the year by 2 strokes from John Cook
2013 The largest flag ever made at 5 tons with 44 miles of thread is unveiled in Romania
2016 3 ships in 3 days sink carrying immigrants across the Mediterraneann, drowning over 700 people
2017 Gregg Allman, American musician and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band), dies of cancer at the young age of 69
2017 In Bangalore, India, white puffy toxic foam begins spilling out of Varthur Lake onto city streets
2018 South Korean boy band BTS are the first K-pop group to top the US Billboard 200 LP Chart with their album "Love Yourself: Tear"
2018 Indianapolis 500: Will Power becomes the first Australian driver to win the event
2018 Senior PGA Championship Men's Golf, GC at Harbor Shores: Englishman Paul Broadhurst wins by 4 strokes from American Tim Petrovic
2019 World's rivers widely contaminated with antibiotics according to new global study of 711 sites
SOME FOLKS WHO DIED ON THIS DATE:
Jesse Burkett, American Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder (NL batting champion 1895-96, 1901; 240 hits in 1896 MLB record for 15 years)
Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51)
Florida Friebus, American writer and actress of stage, film, and television. (Winifred "Winnie" Gillis-The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and Mrs. Lillian Bakerman-The Bob Newhart Show)
Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail)
Craig Heyward, American NFL fullback (Pro Bowl 1995; New Orleans Saints)
Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and known as "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon."
Gregg Allman, American musician and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band
Bill Buckner, American MLB 1st baseman (1986 World Series infamous fielding error; NL batting champ 1980)
SOME FOLKS BORN ON THIS DATE:
Julia Ward Howe, American poet and author (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
"Wild Bill" Hickok [James Butler], American cowboy and scout
Walt Kiesling, American Pro Football Hall of Fame guard (NFL 1920s All-Decade Team; First-team All-Pro 1929, 30, 32; Chicago Cardinals, Chicago Bears) and coach (Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers)
Hubert Humphrey, American politician, 38th Vice President of the United States (1965-69), and 1968 Presidential candidate
Vincent Price, American actor (House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura)
Sam Snead, American golfer (7 PGA Tour major titles; US Masters 1949, 52, 54)
Sir Christopher Lee, English actor (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit)
Henry Kissinger, US Secretary of State (1973-77) and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973
Lee Meriwether, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones)
Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy)
Louis Gossett Jr, American actor (Officer & Gentleman, Deep)
Donald "Don" Williams, American country singer (I Believe in You)
Cilla Black, pop singer and TV personality (Blind Date)
Christopher J Dodd, US Politician (Gov/Sen-D-CT, 1981- )
Frank Thomas, "Big Hurt", 1st baseman (Chicago White Sox, 1993 MVP)
Jeff Bagwell, infielder (Houston Astros)
Danny Wuerffel, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1996, U of Florida; NFL: New Orleans Saints)
Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality
TODAY’S @$$HOLE OF THE DAY:
Easy choice today, and somewhat obvious……..
Christopher J Dodd, US Politician (Gov/Sen-D-CT)
Surely you have heard of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act…..It is a massive piece of financial reform legislation passed during the Obama administration in 2010 as a response to the financial crisis of 2008……Named after sponsors Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the act contains numerous provisions, spelled out over roughly 2,300 pages, that were to be implemented over a period of several years…….
Problem Was, It was Just another massive Piece of One Size Fits All Legislation that Created Ten times More Paperwork and mandated requirements that caused hundreds of rural banks to fold……..It was so bad that Congress had to eat crow in 2018, Congress had to pass a new law that rolled back some of Dodd-Frank’s restrictions…...Typical Washington, DC…..They haven’t got a clue……
That photo above has 6 of the biggest @$$Holes this country has ever elected to Congress (and that’s not counting the peanut gallery in the back)……
Ole Chris Dodd, pass the $h!t on to American citizens and run……Teaming up with Barney Frank, of all @$$Holes to partner up with…….My bride (retired VP of a local bank) tells me Pocohantas Warren had a hand in this terrible legislation too……What a trio…….
Anyway, Anyhow, Chris Dodd, the crown awaits you (one size fits all)…..Step up on that podium, for I now anoint you @$$Hole of the Day……Oh and Chris, you can KMA too…….
As always folks, I hope each of you have a Great Bulldawg Day.......GATA.....THWGT......MAGA......Go Dawgs......God Bless........
