Chester Dillon

Chester Dillon
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1887-01-14)January 14, 1887
Normal, Illinois
Died October 11, 1972(1972-10-11) (aged 85)
Playing career
Football
1904–1907 Illinois State Normal
1910–1912 Illinois
Position(s) Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915–1916 Dakota Wesleyan
1916–1917 Simpson
1919 Howard (AL)
1920 Oshkosh State Normal
1927–1928 Howard (AL)
1929–1930 Georgetown (KY)
1938–1939 Jacksonville State
1945 Jacksonville State
Basketball
1916–1917 Simpson
1918–1920 Howard (AL)
1925–1927 Howard (AL)
1929–1931 Georgetown (KY)
Baseball
1920 Howard (AL)

Chester C. "Chet" Dillon (January 14, 1887 – October 11, 1972) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Dakota Wesleyan University (1915–1916), Simpson College (1916–1917), Howard College in Homewood, Alabama—now Samford University (1919, 1927–1928), Oshkosh State Normal School—now the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1920), Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky (1929–1930), and Jacksonville State Teachers College—now Jacksonville State University (1938–1939, 1945). Dillon was born on January 14, 1887 in Normal, Illinois.[1] He died on October 11, 1972.[2]

References

  1. "Chester C Dillon". Ancestry.com. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  2. White Sawyer, Effie (1983). The First Hundred Years; The History of Jacksonville State University; 1883 - 1983 (PDF). Jacksonville, Alabama: Centennial Committee, Jacksonville State University. p. 76. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
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