George Dixon (Canadian football)
George Washington Dixon (October 19, 1933 – August 6, 1990) was a professional Canadian football player and a Canadian Interuniversity Sport football coach.
1964 Topps CFL Card of Montreal Alouettes running back George Dixon | |
| Born: | October 19, 1933 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Died: | August 6, 1990 (aged 56) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | American |
| Position(s) | RB |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| College | Arnold |
| NFL draft | 1959, Round: 9, Pick: 97 |
| Drafted by | Green Bay Packers |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1959–1965 | Montreal Alouettes |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 1962, 1963 |
| CFL East All-Star | 1962, 1963 |
| Awards | 1962 CFL MOP |
| Career stats | |
Dixon starred as a running back for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL), 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.