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  • George Dixon (Canadian football)
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  • George 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 col
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Birth Date
  • 1933-10-19
NFLDraftedPick
  • 97
death place
FontColor
  • #000080
CFHOF
  • dixongeorge
Name
  • Dixon, George
  • George Dixon
Caption
  • 1964
NFLDraftedTeam
NFLDraftedRound
  • 9
Height in
  • 0
Date of Death
  • 1990-08-06
Birth Place
Weight lbs
  • 195
NFLDraftedYear
  • 1959
Import
  • yes
Title
College
Awards
  • CFL MOP
death date
  • 1990-08-06
CFLEastAllStar
  • ,
playing teams
Color
  • #c7cad0
Place of Birth
Place of death
Before
CFLAllStar
  • ,
playing years
  • -
Years
  • 1962
After
Height ft
  • 6
Career Highlights
  • Y
Position
  • Running back
CFHOFYear
  • 1974
Date of Birth
  • 1933-10-19
Short Description
  • Canadian football player
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  • George 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.