George Dickson was a star quarterback at South Pasadena High School and in 1940 joined the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.
11 Facts About George Dickson
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George Dickson saw extensive action during the war, including combat in Normandy on D-Day.
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George Dickson returned to Notre Dame in 1946, but dropped out in order to work full-time.
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George Dickson returned to Notre Dame again in 1948 and spent his final two seasons of eligibility as a reserve quarterback behind Frank Tripucka and Bob Williams.
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George Dickson received the Admiral Thomas J Hamilton Award from the All-American Football Foundation in 2006.
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George Dickson began his coaching career in 1952 as an assistant at NYU.
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The football program was disbanded after his first season there and after spending the 1953 season as an assistant at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, George Dickson rejoined his NYU boss Hugh Devore at Dayton.
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George Dickson returned to college football in 1962 as an assistant at Oklahoma.
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In 1976, George Dickson received his first head coaching position when he was hired by the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
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George Dickson returned to the NFL in 1978 as the Washington Redskins' offensive backfield coach.
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George Dickson died in California in November 2020 at the age of 99.