Byron W. Dickson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Byron W. Dickson

American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1875

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 22-May-1930

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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.