13 Facts About Dee Andros

Dee Andros played college football at Oklahoma from 1946 to 1949, under hall of fame head coach Bud Wilkinson.

Dee Andros was selected in the 14th round by the Chicago Cardinals in the 1950 NFL draft.

Dee Andros's older brother Plato was an All-American in 1946 at Oklahoma and played four years in the NFL for the Cardinals.

Dee Andros's younger brother Gus was a ballet dancer and choreographer.

Dee Andros' coaching career included stops as an assistant at Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas Tech, Nebraska, California, and Illinois.

Dee Andros became a head coach at age 37 at Idaho in February 1962.

Dee Andros was nicknamed "The Great Pumpkin" for his bright orange jacket and large physical size, first dubbed by a Spokane sports columnist during the homecoming rout of WSU in Pullman on Halloween weekend in 1966.

Dee Andros was against his former team, beating the Idaho Vandals by two in Boise in 1965 and by seven in Corvallis in 1966.

Dee Andros is best known for his incredible 1967 season in which his team, dubbed the "Giant Killers", went Led by junior quarterback Steve Preece, the Beavers beat No 2 Purdue, tied the new No 2 UCLA, and then beat No 1 USC.

Dee Andros retired as AD in the spring of 1985, and continued to serve as a special assistant within the Beaver Athletic Scholarship Fund until health problems forced him to remain at his Corvallis home.

Dee Andros spent nearly four decades with Oregon State athletics.

Dee Andros married Luella Dee Andros, and they had one daughter named Jeanna.

Dee Andros died in Corvallis on October 22,2003, at the age of 79.