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PAGE 3—The Georgia Bulletin, December 18,1980
Call Her BARBARA,
Dooley, That Is!
BY MSGR. NOEL
C. BURTENSHAW
When Barbara Neshad
went to Auburn in 1957
she was ready for a
rip-roaring time at college.
She was not to be
disappointed. Coming
from John Carroll Catholic
High School, in football
crazy Birmingham,
Barbara was at home in
heavenly Auburn.
First of all, they went
undefeated for her first
two whole seasons, the
sky-high War Eagles beat
Bear Bryant and his Tide
twice and Barbara met a
handsome young freshman
coach, wild to make
college football a career.
His name was Dooley.
Ex-star quarterback Vince
Dooley.
“He was the faculty
adviser for the Newman
Club,” remembers Barbara
“so we met quite a a lot at
Church functions at the
Club on Campus. He was
head freshman coach.”
Barbara’s subjects at
the University were speech
therapy and retardation
counseling. She also took
a lot of side courses in
freshman football
coaching. While she
achieved most respectably
in her studies she excelled
at helping the coach. In
1960 after graduation, she
and Vince were married.
“I went back and got a
Masters in speech” says
Barbara” and Vince
continued his coaching. It
was his life. He loved it at
Auburn.”
But changes were
coming. Each week Vince
was on the road scouting
future War Eagles
opponents. On many of
those long weekends from
home, he would travel
with another Southern
football coach, Joel Eves
from the University of
Georgia.
GOING TO GEORGIA
“Coach Eves liked what
he saw in Vince,”, says
Barbara with pride. “Vince
was totally dedicated to
this vocation. He had a
good football mind and his
dedication was obvious.”
Barbara’s words echoed
the sentiments of Eves.
This was borne out in
1963. Eves became
Athletic Director at
Athens and he named an
unknown coach from
Alabama as keeper of the
Georgia Bulldogs. Vince,
Barbara and their new
family moved across the
state line to Georgia. The
legend was about to begin.
“I knew Vince would
be successful,” says
Barbara confidently
“because he’s a good man.
He’s got his priorities
straight. Often during the
years at Georgia, I would
want him to do other
things but his work with
the team came first.”
“For example,” the
first lady of Georgia
football goes on “I
wanted, often, to do social
things, but no his work
would have to be first. I
remember waking one
morning at 5:30 when he
was rising and saying how
much I pitied him starting
work at such an early
hour. And you know what
he said to me. I have never
felt it was work. You have
to love it and Vince does.”
Besides his dedication
Barbara is ready to give
other reasons for the
fabulous success of her
famous husband.
“Vince has been able to
change with the times”
says the beautifully
southern accented
Barbara. “And that’s an
accomplishment. Many
coaches have not. You
cannot train young men
like they did 30 years ago.
You cannot stubbornly
interfere with their private
lives, how they dress and
cut their hair and all that
stuff. You cannot make
them run till they drop
and hope they will
respond. They won’t.”
FLORIDA GAME
“Now, Vince has his
rules,” cautions Barbara
with emphasis. “He is
disciplined himself, They
respect that virtue in him
and accept his rules. He’s
very fair.”
A few months ago,
Barbara was in an
unfortunate auto accident
in Athens which has had
some physical effect on
her. “But I still go to-the
games,” says this
enthusiastic fan. “I try
never to miss. I saw that
Florida game from a
Winnebago in the parking
lot at Gainesville. What a
game. That was one of
Vince’s all time favorites.
It was so exciting and the
win kept us undefeated.”
And what was Vince’s
second most memorable
game? “Well, it had to be
the Alabama win in 1965.
Remember that? That was
the flea-flicker game. Oh,
Vince loved that win.”
Barbara Dooley feels that
the whole world
remembers that game and
somehow you just don’t
argue.
The whole world also
seemed to think that the
Dooleys would take their
fame and move back to
Auburn this year. “That
was tough,” says Barbara.
“We prayed over that one.
But we knew it would be
right when the decision
was made. Vince has a
motto -- NEVER LOOK
RACK. We’re glad we
stayed.”
How did the famous,
UPI Coach of the Year get
into the business anyway?
“Well,” says Barbara
frankly, “he quarter-
backed the Auburn team
before graduating and
going into the Marines.
And he loved the Marines.
He was stationed at Camp
Lejeune and wrote Coach
Jordan at Auburn asking
about job openings. Vince
has told me that he would
have made a career of the
Marine Corps if Mr.
Jordan had not
responded.”
“Of course, he’s always
loved football. As a kid
growing up in Birmingham
he would listen to the
Notre Dame games on
radio. Sure he wanted to
go to Notre Dame -- every
Catholic kid did -- and
play there and coach
there. But now, as number
one team, he is taking
them on in the Sugar
Bowl.”
PARISHIONERS
OF ST. JOSEPH’S
Vince and Barbara
Dooley are parishioners at
St. Joseph’s parish in
Athens. Barbara is also a
member of a prayer group
in Athens. “This is not a
parish group,” says
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Barbara Dooley
Barbara. ‘‘It is an
ecumenical group that
meets each Wednesday.
And we have also made
the Cursillo. Vince and I
really got a lot out of it.”
The Dooleys have four
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away at school. Daniel is
17 and is offensive guard
at Athens High School.
Denise is 16 and Derek is
12. “We started with Ds,”
says Barbara, “and just
kept them going.”
Will any of the boys go
into coaching? “Oh, yes,
indeed, Daniel is
determined to be a coach.
He’s a bit small to play in
a big school, but he wants
to coach.”
When it is all over for
the . Dooleys at Georgia
and Vince retires from
football, what will he do?
“I have thought about
that,” says Barbara, and
you know she has. “Some
say he will teach - he loves
history. But I don’t. I feel
he may stay with sports
and become an athletic
director. He would be a
good sportscaster for radio
or television. Or, he may
go into politics. He would
be a good politician, you
know. He is very qualified
and very dedicated.”
COACH OF THE YEAR
But, first of all, Barbara
Dooley is grateful for this
good year at the
University of Georgia. As
we spoke, UPI had picked
Vince Dooley as Coach of
the Year, just one of many
national honors coming his
way. Barbara was looking
forward to a successful
New Year’s Day in New
O rleans and being
proclaimed Number One
in the nation after beating
Notre Dame.
“It has been a great
year for us,” says Barbara
Dooley, “and New Orleans
will be a special time for
all the fans. And, Father,
you are a fan, right? Come
on now, Father, get your
priorities straight. Come
on . ..”
Barbara, how could you
doubt me!
JEANNIE LA RR ABU Kb and Brian Stanley
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BY THEA JARVIS
Area Dominicans
gathered last week at Holy
Cross Church in Chamblee
to celebrate the first
anniversary of the birth of
their southern province.
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of the Dominican
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infused with the spirit of
Mary and the spirit of
Martin,” said Father Perry,
noting the founding of the
province on the feast of
the Immaculate
Conception, Dec. 8.
Named for a Peruvian
Dominican lay brother
whose life was spent in
service to the poor, the
Province of St. Martin de
Porres intends to be “a
part of the South,”
according to Father Perry.
“Like Mary followed
her Son along the dusty
roads that led to
Jerusalem, so do we hope
to walk the roads of the
South,” he said. “And just
as Martin lived a poor and
simple life, so will we try
to live poorly and simply.”
Joining Father Perry
were Dominican sisters
from Cumming, Winder,
and Atlanta as well as
Dominican clergy from
Holy Cross parish in
northeast Atlanta. Lay
Dominicans affiliated with
the Third Order were also
on hand. Approximately
200 people participated in
the anniversary
celebration, which
included a reception after
the Mass.
Golden Jubilee Celebration
BY
Fr. PATRICK MULHERN
On Sunday, November
17th, 1980, the
parishioners of St. Mary’s
Parish, Rome, and their
guests celebrated the 50th
year of their church
building and the blessing
of a new addition to the
parish plant.
Archbishop Donnellan
was the principal celebrant
at the M a s s of
Thanksgiving. Frs. Joseph
Beltran, Anthony Curran,
Douglas Edwards, Patrick
Mulhern, Edward
O’Connor and Michael
Redden, former and
present pastors and
associate pastors at St.
Mary’s, concelebrated with
the Archbishop and priests
from the N.W. Deanery.
Fr. Joseph Beltran was the
homilist.
After the liturgy the
Archbishop blessed the
new addition at St. Mary’s
School. This consists of a
Parish Center, two
classrooms and a library.
Among those present
were Sr. Miriam Troy,
former principal at St.
Mary’s School, who was
welcomed back and
greeted by her many
friends. Also present were
Rev. Robert Beeland,
pastor of St. Peter’s
Episcopal Church, and
Rev. and Mrs. Roger
Martin of Westminster
Presbyterian Church.
Fr. Douglas Edwards
conveyed greetings and
congratulations from
Monsignor Joseph Cassidy.
Monsignor had planned on
attending but, because of
illness, could not do so. He
was the first priest-in
-residence at St. Mary’s
and was pastor 50 years
ago when the church was
built and consecrated.
Prayers were offered for
his recovery.
The double celebration
was warm and vibrant,
attesting to the unity and
love that characterizes St.
Mary’s Parish Family. It
was a joyful expressing of
the community’s gratitude
to God for His continued
blessings on the Church in
Rome, Georgia.
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