10 Facts About Dutch Meyer

Leo Robert "Dutch" Meyer was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.

Dutch Meyer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1956.

Dutch Meyer went on to play football, baseball and basketball at TCU, earning 11 varsity letters overall.

Dutch Meyer led TCU to an undisputed national championship in 1938, and his 1935 team was named national champion by mathematician Paul Williamson.

Dutch Meyer's teams won Southwest Conference championships in 1938,1944 and 1951.

Dutch Meyer helped invent the modern passing game after he saw Baugh playing in a sandlot league and enrolled him at TCU.

Dutch Meyer wrote a book entitled Spread Formations which detailed his ideas about football formations.

Dutch Meyer retired from coaching in 1952, and became the athletic director at TCU until 1963.

Dutch Meyer briefly served as the baseball coach at TCU in 1956, winning an SWC Championship.

Dutch Meyer was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco in 1957.