Dallas Ward
Dallas Carl "Dal" Ward (August 11, 1906 – February 15, 1983) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was the head football coach at the University of Colorado in Boulder from 1948 to 1958, compiling a career record of 63–41–6 in eleven seasons. Over the course of the 1953 and 1954 seasons, Ward's Buffaloes won nine consecutive games.
Ward as head coach at Colorado | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 11, 1906 Lexington, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | February 15, 1983 (aged 76) Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1924–1926 | Oregon State |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1936–1941 | Minnesota (assistant) |
| 1942 | Iowa Pre-Flight (assistant) |
| 1945–1947 | Minnesota (backfield) |
| 1948–1958 | Colorado |
| 1962 | Colorado (defense) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 63–41–6 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/ | United States Navy |
| Rank | Commander |
| Unit | Training |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Ward grew up in northeastern Oregon on a ranch near Lexington and played college football at Oregon Agricultural College in Corvallis in the 1920s, where he started every game of his collegiate career.
Ward held membership in five honorary societies, including Phi Kappa Phi, and was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. The CU athletic administration center, located at the north end of Folsom Field, was named after him. As of 2007, Ward is one of only three multi-sport inductees in the hall of fame at Oregon State, where he was inducted in 1997. He earned eight varsity letters: three for football and twice each for baseball and basketball, and was a captain in all three sports.