Gordon Saussy

American lawyer

Gordon SaussyBiographical details

Born| (1872-02-14)February 14, 1872
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Died| December 9, 1952(1952-12-09) (aged 80)
Chatham County, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
1895| Cornell
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1897| Mercer
1899| Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall| 2–5–2

Gordon Saussy (February 14, 1872 – December 12, 1952) was an American college football player and coach and a local politician from Georgia. He served as the head coach at the University of Georgia for one season in 1899, compiling a record of 2–3–1. Saussy was the Mayor of Savannah, Georgia from 1929 to 1931.

## Background

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Saussy was born in Savannah, Georgia on February 14, 1872. He led a number of civic organizations, including the Georgia Salzburger Society. His grandson, Kirk Varnedoe, played rugby for 14 years and later became the Director of Painting and Sculpting at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

## Football career

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Saussy attended and graduated from Cornell University in 1896 and was a star player on the Cornell football team. He was the head football coach of the Mercer University Bears football team in for the 1897 season and the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team for the 1899 season. He was the second Georgia coach with ties to Cornell, the first being Pop Warner. Saussy's record at Mercer was 0–1 and at Georgia was 2–3–1.

## Political career

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After coaching at Georgia, Saussy returned to Savannah, where he practiced law. He once was a Democratic member of the Georgia General Assembly and was elected Mayor of Savannah in 1929. He resigned in 1931, successfully ran as a candidate for Ordinary of Chatham County, Georgia and served in that capacity until his death.

## Death

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Saussy died in December 1952 and was buried at Laurel Grove Cemetery. The religious service was conducted at the Wesley Monumental Methodist Church.[1]

## Head coaching record

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Year  | Team  | Overall  | Conference | Standing  | Bowl/playoffs

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Mercer Baptists (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1897)
1897 | Mercer | 0–2–1 | 0–1 |  |
Mercer: | 0–2–1 | 0–1 |
Georgia Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1899)
1899 | Georgia | 2–3–1 | 2–3–1 |  |
Georgia: | 2–3–1 | 2–3–1 |
Total: | 2–5–2 |

## References

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1. ^ Savannah Morning News, December 10, 1952

## External links

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* History of the University of Georgia, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca.1949, pp.3461-3463
* The Political Graveyard
* Gordon Saussy at Find a Grave

Political offices

Preceded by

Thomas Hoynes, Democrat

|  Mayor of Savannah
1929–1931  | Succeeded by

Thomas Hoynes, Democrat

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Mercer Bears head football coaches

* Dave Beggs (1891)
* No coach (1892)
* George Stallings (1893)
* No team (1894–1895)
* J. D. Winston (1896)
* Gordon Saussy (1897)
* No team (1898–1902)
* No coach (1903)
* No team (1904–1905)
* E. E. Tarr (1906)
* H. R. Schenker (1907)
* Frank Blake (1908–1909)
* Charles C. Stroud (1910–1912)
* Lewie Hardage (1913)
* Fred A. Robins (1914)
* Jake Zellars (1915–1916)
* David Peacock (1916)
* No team (1917–1918)
* Maxwell James (1919)
* Josh Cody (1920–1922)
* Stanley L. Robinson (1923–1925)
* Bernie Moore (1926–1928)
* Lake Russell (1929–1940)
* Bobby Hooks (1941)
* No team (1942–2012)
* Bobby Lamb (2013–2019)
* Drew Cronic (2020–2023)
* Mile Jacobs (2024– )

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Georgia Bulldogs head football coaches

* Charles Herty (1891)
* No team (1892)
* Ernest Brown (1893)
* Robert Winston (1894)
* Pop Warner (1895–1896)
* Charles McCarthy (1897–1898)
* Gordon Saussy (1899)
* E. E. Jones (1900)
* William Ayres Reynolds (1901–1902)
* Marvin M. Dickinson (1903)
* Charles A. Barnard (1904)
* Marvin M. Dickinson (1905)
* George S. Whitney (1906–1907)
* Branch Bocock (1908)
* Joseph Coulter & Frank Dobson (1909)
* W. A. Cunningham (1910–1916)
* No team (1917–1918)
* W. A. Cunningham (1919)
* Herman Stegeman (1920–1922)
* George Cecil Woodruff (1923–1927)
* Harry Mehre (1928–1937)
* Joel Hunt (1938)
* Wally Butts (1939–1960)
* Johnny Griffith (1961–1963)
* Vince Dooley (1964–1988)
* Ray Goff (1989–1995)
* Jim Donnan (1996–2000)
* Mark Richt (2001–2015)
* Bryan McClendon # (2015)
* Kirby Smart (2016– )

# denotes interim head coach
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