Byron W. Dickson

Byron W. Dickson
Biographical details
Dickson pictured in The Epitome 1910, Lehigh yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Born	(1875-03-18)March 18, 1875^[1] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	May 22, 1930(1930-05-22) (aged 55) 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)

Dickson pictured in L'Agenda 1916, Bucknell yearbook

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
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

References

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↑ "BYRON WRIGHT DICKSON.; Former Pennsylvania Football Star Dies in Florida.". The New York Times. May 23, 1930. Retrieved December 5, 2011.

External links

Byron W. Dickson at the College Football Data Warehouse

Gettysburg Bullets head football coaches

No coach (1890–1891)
Henry D. Jump (1892–1895)
J. W. Best (1896)
David Dale (1897)
Howard Johnson (1898)
M. D. Ritchie (1899)
Byron W. Dickson (1900)
Livingston Smith (1901–1902)
Samuel Ogelsby (1903)
Fred Vail (1904–1906)
George Johnson (1907)
Rolland Brumbaugh (1908)
Fred Vail (1909–1911)
Norman Phillipy (1912)
Pete Mauthe (1913)
Shorty O'Brien (1914–1915)
Punk Berryman (1916–1917)
Doyle Leathers (1918)
Bill Wood (1919–1926)
Henry T. Bream (1927–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Henry T. Bream (1946–1951)
John Yovicsin (1952–1956)
Eugene M. Haas (1957–1968)
Howard Shoemaker (1969–1972)
Eugene M. Haas (1973–1974)
Joseph G. Sabol (1975–1979)
Barry H. Streeter (1978–2003)
John Campo (2004)
Barry H. Streeter (2005– )

South Carolina Gamecocks athletic directors

W. A. Whaley (1896)
Frederick M. Murphy (1897)
Bill Wertenbaker (1898)
Irving O. Hunt (1899–1900)
Byron W. Dickson (1901)
Bob Williams (1902–1903)
Christie Benet (1904–1905)
Douglas McKay (1907)
Christie Benet (1908–1909)
John Neff (1910–1911)
Norman B. Edgerton (1912–1915)
Dixon Foster (1917)
Frank Dobson (1918)
Dixon Foster (1919)
Sol Metzger (1920–1924)
Branch Bocock (1925–1926)
Harry Lightsey (1927)
Billy Laval (1928–1934)
Don McCallister (1935–1937)
Rex Enright (1938–1955)
Warren Giese (1956–1960)
Marvin Bass (1961–1965)
Paul Dietzel (1966–1974)
Bo Hagan (1975–1976)
Jim Carlen (1976–1981)
Bob Marcum (1982–1988)
Dick Bestwick (1988)
King Dixon (1988–1992)
Mike McGee (1993–2005)
Eric Hyman (2005–2012)
Ray Tanner (2012– )

South Carolina Gamecocks head football coaches

No coach (1892)
No team (1893)
No coach (1894–1895)
W. H. Whaley (1896)
Frederick M. Murphy (1897)
Bill Wertenbaker (1898)
Irving O. Hunt (1899–1900)
Byron W. Dickson (1901)
Bob Williams (1902–1903)
Christie Benet (1904–1905)
No team (1906)
Douglas McKay (1907)
Christie Benet (1908–1909)
John Neff (1910–1911)
Norman B. Edgerton (1912–1915)
W. Rice Warren (1916)
Dixon Foster (1917)
Frank Dobson (1918)
Dixon Foster (1919)
Sol Metzger (1920–1924)
Branch Bocock (1925–1926)
Harry Lightsey (1927)
Billy Laval (1928–1934)
Don McCallister (1935–1937)
Rex Enright (1938–1942)
James Moran Sr. (1943)
Williams Newton (1944)
John D. McMillan (1945)
Rex Enright (1946–1955)
Warren Giese (1956–1960)
Marvin Bass (1961–1965)
Paul Dietzel (1966–1974)
Jim Carlen (1975–1981)
Richard Bell (1982)
Joe Morrison (1983–1988)
Sparky Woods (1989–1993)
Brad Scott (1994–1998)
Lou Holtz (1999–2004)
Steve Spurrier (2005–2015)
Shawn Elliott # (2015)
Will Muschamp (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Lehigh Mountain Hawks head football coaches

No coach (1884–1891)
John A. Hartwell (1892)
Harmon S. Graves (1893)
William Heffelfinger (1894)
Laurie Bliss (1895)
L. N. Morris (1896)
Samuel M. Hammond (1897)
Samuel Huston Thompson (1898–1899)
Walter R. Okeson (1900)
J. W. H. Pollard (1901)
Samuel B. Newton (1902–1905)
Byron W. Dickson (1906–1909)
Howard R. Reiter (1910–1911)
Tom Keady (1912–1920)
Frank Glick (1921)
James A. Baldwin (1922–1924)
Percy L. Wendell (1925–1927)
A. Austin Tate (1928–1933)
Glen Harmeson (1934–1941)
George Hoban (1942)
Leo Prendergast (1943–1945)
William Leckonby (1946–1961)
Mike Cooley (1962–1964)
Frederick Dunlap (1965–1975)
John Whitehead (1976–1985)
Hank Small (1986–1993)
Kevin Higgins (1994–2000)
Pete Lembo (2001–2005)
Andy Coen (2006– )

Lehigh Mountain Hawks head baseball coaches

Unknown (1885–1890)
Sharon (1891)
Unknown (1892–1893)
R. L. Lowe (1894)
Matthew McClung (1895)
Unknown (1896)
Jimmy Bannon (1897)
Unknown (1898–1899)
Charlie Carr (1900–1902)
Al Maul (1903–1904)
J. K. Lilley (1905)
Dan Coogan (1906)
Jim Garry (1907–1908)
Byron W. Dickson (1909–1910)
Ralph Caldwell (1911)
Tom Keady (1912–1922)
James A. Baldwin (1923–1925)
Jing Johnson (1926–1928)
Bob Adams (1929–1937)
Paul Calvert (1938–1941)
Elbert Caraway (1942–1952)
Anthony Packer (1953–1965)
Ed Winchester (1966)
Stan Schultz (1967–1995)
Tom Morgan (1995–1996)
Sean Leary (1997– )

Bucknell Bison head football coaches

No coach (1881–1894)
Bill Young (1895–1896)
George Jennings (1897–1898)
George W. Hoskins (1899–1906)
J. H. Costello (1907)
Paul G. Smith (1908)
George W. Hoskins (1909)
Byron W. Dickson (1910–1913)
George Cockill (1914)
George Johnson (1915–1917)
Edgar Wingard (1918)
Pete Reynolds (1919–1923)
Charley Moran (1924–1926)
Carl Snavely (1927–1933)
Edward Mylin (1934–1936)
Al Humphreys (1937–1942)
John Sitarsky (1943)
J. Ellwood Ludwig (1944–1945)
Al Humphreys (1946)
Harry Lawrence (1947–1957)
Bob Odell (1958–1964)
Carroll Huntress (1965–1968)
Fred Prender (1969–1974)
Robert Curtis (1975–1985)
George Landis (1986–1988)
Lou Maranzana (1989–1994)
Tom Gadd (1995–2001)
Dave Kotulski (2002)
Tim Landis (2003–2009)
Joe Susan (2010– )

Bucknell Bison head baseball coaches

Unknown (1886)
No team (1887)
Unknown (1888–1907)
Paul G. Smith (1908)
Unknown (1909–1910)
Byron W. Dickson (1911–1913)
Frank Cruikshank (1914)
George Cockill (1915–1917)
No team (1918)
Haps Benfer (1919)
Walter Blair (1920)
George Cockill (1921–1922)
Moose McCormick (1923–1925)
Walter Blair (1926–1927)
Carl Snavely (1928–1934)
Edward Mylin (1935–1937)
John Sitarski (1938–1943)
J. Ellwood Ludwig (1944)
Russell E. Wright (1945)
Williams H. Lane (1946–1957)
Tom Thompson (1967–1981)
Gene Depew (1982–2012)
Scott Heather (2013– )

Franklin & Marshall Diplomats head football coaches

Miles O. Noll (1887)
W. M. Irvin (1889)
W. D. Irvine (1890)
B. Griffith (1891–1892)
N. H. Skyles (1893)
G. M. Hartman (1894)
W. W. Reese (1895)
Alfred E. Bull (1896–1897)
M. Delmar Ritchie (1898)
Harry Shindle Wingert (1899)
John H. Outland (1900)
John C. Hedges (1901)
John Chalmers (1902)
D. R. Brown (1903)
William Penn Bates (1904–1905)
Samuel L. Moyer (1906)
Vere Triechler (1907)
Jack Hollenback (1908–1909)
Frank Mount Pleasant (1910)
Dexter W. Draper (1911–1912)
Charles Mayser (1913–1914)
John Reed (1915)
O. Webster Saylor (1916)
Arthur S. Herman (1917)
Harry D. Weller (1918)
Byron W. Dickson (1919)
John B. Price (1920–1923)
Ken Shroyer (1924–1925)
Charles Mayser (1926–1927)
Jonathan K. Miller (1928–1930)
Alan M. Holman (1931–1941)
Richard W. Barker (1942–1943)
Charles R. Soleau (1944–1945)
Charles Mayser (1946–1947)
S. Woodrow Sponaugle (1948–1962)
George H. Storck (1963–1967)
David Pooley (1968–1970)
Robert Curtis (1971–1974)
Tom Gilburg (1975–2002)
Shawn Halloran (2003–2005)
John Troxell (2006– )

1895 Penn Quakers football—national champions

Eddie Blair Sam Boyle George H. Brooke Alfred E. Bull Byron W. Dickson William Farrar Charlie Gelbert John Minds Otto Wagonhurst Charles Wharton Wylie G. Woodruff Head coach George Washington Woodruff Assistant coaches Alden Knipe

1897 Penn Quakers football—national champions

Byron W. Dickson Truxton Hare Josiah McCracken John Minds John H. Outland Pete Overfield David F. Weeks Head coach George Washington Woodruff

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