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