Dick Dodson

Dick Dodson
Tennessee Volunteers No. 13
PositionHalfback/Fullback
ClassGraduate
Career history
CollegeTennessee (19251927)
Personal information
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Richard B. Dodson was a college football player.

University of Tennessee

Football

Dodson was a running back for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee from 1925 to 1927.[1]

1927

Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores led 70 until a late Dick Dodson run tied the score.[2] He was selected All-Southern in 1927.[3] Dodson was considered the best of Southern backfields along with Bill Spears and Herdis McCrary.[4] That year Dodson set a record with a 91 yard run versus Transylvania.[5][6] It's still the second longest run in Tennessee history, broken with a 99 yard run by Kelsey Finch against Florida in 1977. 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.[4]

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