Dick Dodson
{{Short description|American football player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
|name=Dick Dodson
|image=dickdodson.jpg
|image_size=150px
|currentnumber=13
|currentposition=Halfback/Fullback
|school=Tennessee Volunteers
|highschool=Peabody Academy
|class=Graduate
|pastschools=Tennessee (1925–1927)
|weight_lb=180
|highlights=
- SoCon championship (1927)
- All-Southern (1927)
- 2nd longest run in UT history (91 yds. v. Transylvania (1927))
}}
Richard B. Dodson was a college football player.
University of Tennessee
=Football=
==1927==
Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores led 7–0 until a late Dick Dodson run tied the score.{{Cite book |last=Edwin Pope |url=https://archive.org/stream/fottballsgreates00pope#page/340/mode/2up |title=Football's Greatest Coaches |year=1956 |page=340 |author-link=Edwin Pope}} He was selected All-Southern in 1927.{{Cite news |date=November 27, 1927 |title=Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1787&dat=19271127&id=XbUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4004,922652 |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |via=Google News}} Dodson was considered the best of Southern backfields along with Bill Spears and Herdis McCrary.{{Cite news |date=November 15, 1927 |title=Backfielders In South Get Real Mention |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1787&dat=19271115&id=UrUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IWQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5950,58298 |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |via=Google News}} That year Dodson set a record with a 91 yard run versus Transylvania.{{Cite web |title=TENNESSEE VS. MEMPHIS -- GAME PREVIEW |url=http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/092506aaa.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223022431/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/092506aaa.html |archive-date=December 23, 2014 |access-date=December 23, 2014}}{{Cite web |date=September 25, 2006 |title=Vols Down Marshall On A Stormy Day |url=https://www.greenevillesun.com/sports/vols-down-marshall-on-a-stormy-day/article_8550f663-2f8d-519d-bb30-b21b564324e5.html |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=Greeneville Publishing Company |language=en}} It's still the second longest run in Tennessee history, broken with a 99-yard run by Kelsey Finch against Florida in 1977.{{Cite web |last=Ramey |first=Grant |date=July 4, 2020 |title=Tennessee Fireworks: The most explosive plays in Vols history |url=https://247sports.com/LongFormArticle/Tennessee-Fireworks-The-most-explosive-plays-in-Vols-history-148822977/ |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=247Sports |language=en}} 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.
References
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{{1927 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
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Category:All-Southern college football players
Category:Tennessee Volunteers football players