Byron W. Dickson

{{Short description|American football player and sports coach (1875–1930)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Byron W. Dickson

| image = Coach Byron Dickson 2.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Dickson pictured in The Epitome 1910, Lehigh yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|3|18}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|5|22|1875|3|18}}

| death_place = Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1895–1897

| player_team2 = Penn

| player_years3 = 1899

| player_team3 = Duquesne Country & AC

| player_positions = End

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1898

| coach_team2 = Colby

| coach_years3 = 1900

| coach_team3 = Gettysburg

| coach_years4 = 1901

| coach_team4 = South Carolina

| coach_years5 = 1905

| coach_team5 = Penn (field)

| coach_years6 = 1906–1909

| coach_team6 = Lehigh

| coach_years7 = 1910–1913

| coach_team7 = Bucknell

| coach_years8 = 1915

| coach_team8 = Penn (field)

| coach_years9 = 1916

| coach_team9 = Penn (chief assistant)

| coach_years10 = 1917

| coach_team10 = Scott HS (OH)

| coach_years11 = 1918

| coach_team11 = League Island Marines

| coach_years12 = 1919

| coach_team12 = Franklin & Marshall

| coach_years13 = 1920

| coach_team13 = Penn (assistant backfield)

| coach_sport14 = Basketball

| coach_years15 = 1919–1920

| coach_team15 = Franklin & Marshall

| coach_sport16 = Baseball

| coach_years17 = 1909–1910

| coach_team17 = Lehigh

| coach_years18 = 1911–1913

| coach_team18 = Bucknell

| coach_years19 = 1920

| coach_team19 = Franklin & Marshall

| admin_years1 = 1901

| admin_team1 = South Carolina

| overall_record = 55–49–9 (football)
7–6 (basketball)
45–53 (baseball)

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File:Coach Byron Dickson.jpg

Byron Wright "By" Dickson (March 18, 1875 – May 22, 1930) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Colby College (1898), Gettysburg College (1900), the University of South Carolina (1901), Lehigh University (1906–1909), Bucknell University (1910–1913), Scott High School (1917), and Franklin & Marshall (1919). Dickson was also the head baseball coach at Lehigh (1909–1910), Bucknell (1911–1913), and Franklin & Marshall (1920), amassing a career college baseball record of 45–53. In addition, he served as the head basketball coach at Franklin & Marshall during the 1919–20 season, tallying a mark of 7–6.

Dickson was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania from 1895 to 1897 as an end. In 1899, Dickson played professional football for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club.{{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Press|date=November 2, 1899|page=5|title=Football|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114371676/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Pittsburg Press|date=November 26, 1899|page=14|title=State Scored Against Stars}} He died on May 22, 1930, in Miami Beach, Florida.{{cite news |title=Byron Wright Dickson.; Former Pennsylvania Football Star Dies in Florida. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/05/23/96131784.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 23, 1930 |access-date=December 5, 2011}}

Coaching career

Dickson began his coaching career in 1898 when he was hired as the football coach at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.{{cite news |author= |title=Football Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97500934/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=October 12, 1898 |page=3 |access-date=March 12, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Colby Mules

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1898

| endyear = single

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1898

| name = Colby

| overall = 1–5

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Colby

| overall = 1–5

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Gettysburg

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1900

| endyear = single

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1900

| name = Gettysburg

| overall = 3–6–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Gettysburg

| overall = 3–6–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = South Carolina Gamecocks

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1901

| endyear = single

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| year = 1901

| name = South Carolina

| overall = 3–4

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| name = South Carolina

| overall = 3–4

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Lehigh Brown and White

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1906

| endyear = 1909

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1906

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 5–5–1

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| year = 1907

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 7–2–1

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| year = 1908

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 4–3

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1909

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 4–3–2

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Lehigh

| overall = 20–13–4

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Bucknell

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1910

| endyear = 1913

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1910

| name = Bucknell

| overall = 2–6

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| year = 1911

| name = Bucknell

| overall = 6–3–1

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| year = 1912

| name = Bucknell

| overall = 6–3–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1913

| name = Bucknell

| overall = 6–4

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Bucknell

| overall = 20–16–2

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = League Island Marines

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1918

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1918

| name = League Island Marines

| overall = 7–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = League Island Marines

| overall = 7–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Franklin & Marshall

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1919

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1919

| name = Franklin & Marshall

| overall = 2–4–2

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Franklin & Marshall

| overall = 2–4–2

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 55–49–9

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

References

Category:1875 births

Category:1930 deaths

Category:19th-century players of American football

Category:American football ends

Category:Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania

Category:Bucknell Bison baseball coaches

Category:Bucknell Bison football coaches

Category:Colby Mules football coaches

Category:Duquesne Country and Athletic Club players

Category:Franklin & Marshall Diplomats baseball coaches

Category:Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football coaches

Category:Franklin & Marshall Diplomats men's basketball coaches

Category:Lehigh Mountain Hawks baseball coaches

Category:Gettysburg Bullets football coaches

Category:Lehigh Mountain Hawks football coaches

Category:Penn Quakers football coaches

Category:Penn Quakers football players

Category:South Carolina Gamecocks athletic directors

Category:South Carolina Gamecocks football coaches

Category:Players of American football from Philadelphia

Category:High school football coaches in Ohio