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  • Tippy Dye
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  • Dye enrolled at Ohio State University in 1933 and became a star three-sport athlete for the Buckeyes. He earned three varsity letters as a football quarterback in 1934, 1935, and 1936. His team finished those seasons with records of 7-1, 7-1, and 5-3, respectively, and until 2006 he was the only Buckeye quarterback to win three consecutive games over the University of Michigan. Dye also played guard on the school's basketball team, lettering in 1935, 1936 and 1937. He was an All-Conference selection in the Big Ten in 1936 and 1937. In 1937 he was also the team's captain. Dye lettered in baseball in 1935 and 1936.
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confstanding
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 8
  • 1.0
  • T–2nd
  • T–4th
  • T–6th
Season
  • 1941
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1952
  • 1953
  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1957
  • 1958
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Poll
  • no
EndYear
  • 1942
  • 1950
  • 1959
Birth Date
  • 1915-04-01
player years
  • 1935
  • 1937
  • Football
  • Basketball
death place
  • Grass Valley, California, U.S.
admin teams
overall record
  • 220
Name
Type
  • coach
postseason
Sport
Caption
  • c. 1966, at Nebraska
Conference
Alternative Names
  • Dye, William Henry Harrison
Overall
  • 7
  • 8
  • 10
  • 11
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 17
  • 18
  • 22
  • 24
  • 25
  • 28
  • 53
  • 156
Date of Death
  • 2012-04-11
Championship
  • conference
  • division
player teams
Alma mater
Birth Place
  • Harrisonville, Ohio, U.S.
coach years
  • 1941
  • 1942
  • 1946
  • 1950
  • Football
  • Basketball
StartYear
  • 1941
  • 1946
  • 1950
death date
  • 2012-04-11
Place of Birth
  • Harrisonville, Ohio, U.S.
coach teams
Place of death
  • Grass Valley, California, U.S.
ConfRecord
  • 27
  • 94
admin years
  • 1959
  • 1962
  • 1967
Date of Birth
  • 1915-04-01
Short Description
  • American football player, basketball player and coach, baseball player, college athletics administrator
player positions
  • Basketball: Guard
  • Football: Quarterback
abstract
  • Dye enrolled at Ohio State University in 1933 and became a star three-sport athlete for the Buckeyes. He earned three varsity letters as a football quarterback in 1934, 1935, and 1936. His team finished those seasons with records of 7-1, 7-1, and 5-3, respectively, and until 2006 he was the only Buckeye quarterback to win three consecutive games over the University of Michigan. Dye also played guard on the school's basketball team, lettering in 1935, 1936 and 1937. He was an All-Conference selection in the Big Ten in 1936 and 1937. In 1937 he was also the team's captain. Dye lettered in baseball in 1935 and 1936. After graduation, Dye played in the 1937 College All-Star Football Game against the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field (collegians upset the Packers 6-0). In that game, Dye played in a backfield that included future pro legend, Sammy Baugh. Dye then signed to play with the first incarnation of the Cincinnati Bengals, a member of the second American Football League, in 1937.