Byron W. Dickson
Dickson pictured in The Epitome 1910, Lehigh yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 18, 1875[1] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Miami Beach, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1895–1897 | Penn |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1900 | Gettysburg |
| 1901 | South Carolina |
| 1905 | Penn (field) |
| 1906–1909 | Lehigh |
| 1910–1913 | Bucknell |
| 1915 | Penn (field) |
| 1916 | Penn (chief assistant) |
| 1918 | League Island Marines |
| 1919 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1920 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Baseball | |
| 1909–1910 | Lehigh |
| 1911–1913 | Bucknell |
| 1920 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1901 | South Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 48–43–9 (football) 7–6 (basketball) 45–53 (baseball) |
| Statistics | |
Byron Wright "By" Dickson (March 18, 1875 – May 22, 1930) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Gettysburg College (1900), the University of South Carolina (1901), Lehigh University (1906–1909), Bucknell University (1910–1913), and Franklin & Marshall (1919), compiling a career college football record of 48–43–9. Dickson was also the head baseball coach at Lehigh (1909–1910), Bucknell (1911–1913), and Franklin & Marshall (1920), amassing a career college baseball record of 45–53. In addition, he served as the head basketball coach at Franklin & Marshall during the 1919–20 season, tallying a mark of 7–6.
Dickson was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania from 1895 to 1897 as an end. He died on May 22, 1930 in Miami Beach, Florida.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Gettysburg Bullets () (1900) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Gettysburg | 3–6–1 | |||||||
| Gettysburg: | 3–6–1 | ||||||||
| South Carolina Gamecocks (Independent) (1901) | |||||||||
| 1901 | South Carolina | 3–4 | |||||||
| South Carolina: | 3–4 | ||||||||
| Lehigh Brown and White (Independent) (1906–1909) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Lehigh | 5–5–1 | |||||||
| 1907 | Lehigh | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| 1908 | Lehigh | 4–3 | |||||||
| 1909 | Lehigh | 4–3–2 | |||||||
| Lehigh: | 20–13–4 | ||||||||
| Bucknell Bison (Independent) (1910–1913) | |||||||||
| 1910 | Bucknell | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1911 | Bucknell | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| 1912 | Bucknell | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| 1913 | Bucknell | 6–4 | |||||||
| Bucknell: | 20–16–2 | ||||||||
| Franklin & Marshall Diplomats (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Franklin & Marshall | 2–4–2 | |||||||
| Franklin & Marshall: | 2–4–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 48–43–9 | ||||||||
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