Dean Dugger

{{Short description|American football player (1933–2000)}}

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| name = Dean Dugger

| image = Dean Dugger.jpg

| caption = Dugger from the 1953 Makio

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| position = End

| birth_date = September 18, 1933

| birth_place = Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = March 5, 2000 (aged 66)

| death_place = Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

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| college = Ohio State

| draftyear = 1955

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 46

| pastteams =

• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1955}})*

| highlights =

• National champion (1954)
• First-team All-American (1954)
• First-team All-Big Ten (1954)

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Dean Alan Dugger (September 18, 1933 – March 5, 2000) was an American football player.

Dugger was born in Philadelphia in 1933 and attended Stonewall Jackson High School in Charleston, West Virginia.

He attended the Ohio State University and played college football at the end position for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 1952 to 1954. He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) as a first-team player on its 1954 College Football All-America Team.{{cite book|title=ESPN College Football Encyclopedia|page=1236|publisher=ESPN Books|year=2005|isbn=1401337031}}{{cite news|title=Cassady, Dugger Add Laurels|newspaper=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette|date=November 27, 1954|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104469890/dugger/|via=Newspapers.com}} He was also rated as one of the two best ends in the Midwest,{{cite news|title=OSU's Dean Dugger and Michigan's Ron Kramer Best Ends in Mid-West|newspaper=The Newark Advocate|date=October 28, 1954|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104470417/osus-dean-dugger-and-michigans-ron/|via=Newspapers.com}} and selected by the Associated Press as a first-team end on the 1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team.{{cite news|title=A.P. Lists 1954 All Big Ten Choices|newspaper=The Daily Iowan|date=November 23, 1954|page=4|url=http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1954/di1954-11-23.pdf}}

He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 46th pick in the 1955 NFL Draft. He was placed on waivers by the Eagles on September 15.{{Cite news|date=September 16, 1955|newspaper=Chillicothe Gazette|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104470180/dean-dugger/|title=Dean Dugger Cut Loose by Eagles|via=Newspapers.com}}

He was the brother of Jack Dugger.{{cite web|title=Dean Dugger|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=June 25, 2022|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerd/dugg00500.html}}