George Dixon (Canadian football)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| CFL status | American |
| Position(s) | RB |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| College | Arnold[1] |
| NFL draft | 1959, Round: 9, Pick: 97 |
| Drafted by | Green Bay Packers |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1959–1965 | Montreal Alouettes |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 1962, 1963 |
| CFL East All-Star | 1962, 1963 |
| Awards | 1962 CFL MOP |
| Career stats | |
George Washington Dixon (October 19, 1933 – August 6, 1990) was a professional
Dixon starred as a
College and NFL career
Dixon was born in
Following graduation, Dixon was drafted by the
CFL career
With
Although the
Dixon's best season was in
Dixon's great accomplishments have not gone unremembered. His uniform number, 28, has been retired by the Alouettes, and he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame on May 6, 1974. In November 2006, Dixon was voted to the Honour Roll of the CFL's top 50 players of the league's modern era by Canadian sports network TSN.[3]
Career regular season rushing statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Rush | Yards | Y/R | Lg | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Montreal Alouettes | 7 | 38 | 301 | 7.9 | 77 | 1 |
| 1960 | Montreal Alouettes | 12 | 161 | 976 | 6.1 | 70 | 9 |
| 1961 | Montreal Alouettes | 11 | 138 | 806 | 5.8 | 50 | 7 |
| 1962 | Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 216 | 1520 | 7 | 75 | 11 |
| 1963 | Montreal Alouettes | 14 | 189 | 1270 | 6.7 | 109 | 10 |
| 1964 | Montreal Alouettes | 12 | 107 | 594 | 5.6 | 76 | 4 |
| 1965 | Montreal Alouettes | 6 | 47 | 148 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| CFL Totals | 76 | 896 | 5615 | 6.3 | 109 | 42 |
See: https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-dixongeo001
Later life and death
After his playing career ended, Dixon coached the
In 1968 when George Dixon took over as head coach of the Loyola Warriors football program, the Loyola of Montreal Athletic Program came out with an article examining the enormity of this challenge. It was titled "Football: Nowhere To Go But Up". The author reported that "Dixon never took on a tougher job." It went on to point out the new coach had inherited an 0-10 team with the worst record in Canada and the worst record in Loyola football history. Thirty-eight years later we pay tribute to the 1968 Loyola Warriors and their championship season. Dixon’s team posted a perfect 6-0 win–loss record to win the Eastern Division of the Central Canada Intercollegiate Football Conference. That year Loyola was the only undefeated team in the country. In six games they scored 201 points while allowing just 18. And only 10 of those points were scored on the impenetrable defence.[4]
Dixon died on August 6, 1990, in Montreal, at the age of 56.[5]
Videos
References
- ^ "(2)Arnold College".
- ^ "George Dixon football statistics on StatsCrew.com".
- ^ a b "TSN Top 50 Honour Roll". TSN.ca. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "Concordia Sports Hall of Fame 2006: 1968 Loyola Warriors Football Team". Concordia University. Archived from the original on June 16, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2007.
- ^ "George Dixon profile". CFLAPEDIA.com. Retrieved June 15, 2023.