Dick Dodson

Dick Dodson
Tennessee Volunteers – No. 13
Position Halfback/Fullback
Class Graduate
Career history
College Tennessee (1925–1927)
Personal information
Weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Richard B. "Dick" Dodson was a college football player.

University of Tennessee

Football

Dodson was a running back for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee from 1925 to 1927.[1]

1927

Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores led 7–0 until a late Dick Dodson run tied the score.[2] He was selected All-Southern in 1927.[3] Dodson was considered the best of Southern backfields along with Bill Spears and Herdis McCrary.[4] That year Dodson set a record with a 91 yard run versus Transylvania.[5][6] It's still the second longest run in Tennessee history, broken with a 99 yard run by Kelsey Finch against Florida in 1977. In the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game of '27, Dodson carried the ball but four times, yet was the main reason for Tennessee keeping the game a tie.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://yearbook.lib.utk.edu/index.php?bid=48&pg=100
  2. ↑ Edwin Pope. Football's Greatest Coaches. p. 340.
  3. ↑ "Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 27, 1927.
  4. 1 2 "Backfielders In South Get Real Mention". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 15, 1927.
  5. ↑ "TENNESSEE VS. MEMPHIS -- GAME PREVIEW".
  6. ↑ "Vols Down Marshall On A Stormy Day".
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