King Charles was first British royal to attend UGA football game in 1977
ATHENS, Ga. — With the worldwide news and mourning of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, Prince Charles has been formally proclaimed th...
ATHENS, Ga. — With the worldwide news and mourning of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, Prince Charles has been formally proclaimed the new king of Great Britain. As the news about the new monarch circulates worldwide, the University of Georgia remembers the occasion in which Charles was the first member of the British royal family to attend a UGA football game at Sanford Stadium, all the way back on Oct. 22, 1977, in front of a capacity crowd of 59,200. In a sit-down interview provided by the university's Russell Library did with then Head Coach Vince Dooley in 2017, the legendary football coach recounted the day that Charles visited Athens that season in a game versus Kentucky.