Photos: Former UGA and NFL great Fran Tarkenton

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College and pro football hall of fame member Fran Tarkenton is making a six-figure donation to the Georgia Athletic Association’s campaign to raise funds to build an indoor football facility.

Tarkenton led Georgia to the 1959 SEC championship. (Bill Young/AJC staff)

Francis Tarkenton was also a basketball standout in high school in Athens in 1956. (Bill Young/AJC staff)

QB Fran Tarkenton (left) and lineman Pat Dye (right) discuss an opponent with coach Wally Butts in 1959. (Bill Young/AJC staff)

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton (left) checks with coach Norm Van Brocklin on the sidelines in 1964. (Kirk Wooster/AJC staff)

Tarkenton regroups during a game against the Falcons in 1973. (Billy Downs/AJC staff)

Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton walks off the field with the game ball after a game against the Falcons in 1977. (Charles Pugh/AJC staff)

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton (10) tries to get off a pass against the Steelers' L.C. Greenwood (68) in the ninth Super Bowl. AP Photo.

Tarkenton is a successful businessman as well. AJC file photo

Tarkenton was among the SEC Living Legends at a dinner at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in 1995. They legends are: seated from left, Alabama quarterback Harry Gilmer, Arkansas quarterback Joe Ferguson, Auburn back Tucker Frederickson, Florida defensive end Jack Youngblood, Georgia quarterback Fran Tarkenton, Kentucky quarterback Derrick Ramsey, ( back, from left) LSU running back Dalton Hilliard, Ole Miss end Barney Poole, Mississippi State defensive end Jimmy Webb, South Carolina back Alex Hawkins, Tennessee end Doug Atkins and Vanderbilt offensive tackle Bob Asher. AJC file photo

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College and pro football hall of fame member Fran Tarkenton is making a six-figure donation to the Georgia Athletic Association’s campaign to raise funds to build an indoor football facility. Take a look at photos from Tarkenton's football (and basketball) career. In this photo, Georgia's Fran Tarkenton (right), Pat Dye (left) and Bill Godfrey celebrate a big victory. (Bill Young/AJC staff)

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