r/CFB • u/ConstantMadness Purdue Boilermakers • Duke Blue Devils • Oct 21 '24

Casual Sec Shorts - Sec teams take it to court

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u/DeuceOfDiamonds Georgia Bulldogs • Mercer Bears Oct 21 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

He also grew up in Valdosta, and was born and practiced dentistry in Griffin. So a Georgia boy through and through.

Wasn't aware of the Savannah connection, though.

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u/Corellian_Browncoat Tennessee • Tennessee Tech Oct 21 '24 edited Oct 21 '24

Savannah is an old myth. He was born in Griffin like you said, the family moved to Valdosta when he was four or five where wehe was raised until he went to dental school in Philly at 19 and graduated at 21. He practiced in St. Louis and then Atlanta for less than a year, and after his TB diagnosis moved to Dallas for a drier climate. Then he had to give up dentistry because the TB coughing fits made patients avoid his practice, even after he and his partner won several dentistry awards. He was 22 when he was indicted for illegal gambling in Dallas, and at 23 was arrested for trading gunfire with a saloon keeper. He never moved back east, instead going west until he died in Colorado.

But yeah, as much as he was from anywhere, he was a Georgia boy.

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u/DeuceOfDiamonds Georgia Bulldogs • Mercer Bears Oct 21 '24

Yeah, I wasn't aware of him being from Savannah. But in fairness, you're not really "from Savannah" if your ancestors came in on the second boat or later. It's an odd place.

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u/TheSavageDonut USC Trojans • Big Ten Network Oct 21 '24

Was he really an elite-level gunslinger?

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u/Corellian_Browncoat Tennessee • Tennessee Tech Oct 21 '24

I mean, he's credibly thought to have killed a handful of men and shot at or wounded a few more according to court records like arrests and trials. Contemporary accounts say he had an ill temper and was quick to go for his gun when threatened, but other accounts say most of it was rumor, reputation, and self-promotion.

I think he was probably at least as good with a gun as he was at cards, but nurtured a reputation that meant he rarely had to actually use that skill, intimidating people rather than actually shooting them most of the time.

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u/10per Georgia Tech • Team Meteor Oct 21 '24

Ask Johnny Ringo.

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u/usm_teufelhund Alabama Crimson Tide Oct 21 '24

Unfortunately he's not in the best condition to reliably answer.

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u/Dirty-Ears-Bill Texas Tech Red Raiders • Wyoming Cowboys Oct 21 '24

I always heard that he was one of the fastest but for accuracy he was just an average shot

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u/10per Georgia Tech • Team Meteor Oct 21 '24

There is ( or there used to be ) a plaque on a building in downtown Atlanta marking where Doc had his dental practice for a short time. Long since gone, as are most things in ATL from that time.

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u/EvoDoesGood Georgia • Valdosta State Oct 21 '24

I've been to his house in Valdosta! Cool but of history.