George Dixon (Canadian football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Dixon (Canadian football)

Canadian football player

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1933

Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1990

Profession: Canadian football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


Show Famous Birthdays Today, United States

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About George Dixon (Canadian football)

  • George Washington Dixon (October 19, 1933 – August 6, 1990) was a professional Canadian football player and a Canadian Interuniversity Sport football coach. Dixon starred as a running back for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, from 1959 to 1965.
  • While Dixon played in only 76 games during his injury-shortened, seven-year career, all with the Alouettes, he is remembered as one of their finest players.
  • Dixon's jersey #28 is one of seven retired by the Alouettes, and he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
  • In 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.
  • After his playing career ended, Dixon was the head coach of the Loyola College Warriors (now Concordia Stingers) Canadian college football team in the late 1960s-early 1970s.

Read more at Wikipedia