Chester Dillon
Chester C. Dillon (January 14, 1887 – October 11, 1972) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Dakota Wesleyan University (1915–1916), Simpson College (1916–1917), Howard College in Homewood, Alabama—now known as Samford University (1919, 1927–1928), Oshkosh State Normal School—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1920), Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky (1929–1930), and Jacksonville State Teachers College—now known as Jacksonville State University (1938–1939, 1945). Dillon was born on January 14, 1887, in Normal, Illinois.[1] He died on October 11, 1972.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 14, 1887 Normal, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 11, 1972 (aged 85) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1904–1907 | Illinois State Normal |
| 1910–1912 | Illinois |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1915–1916 | Dakota Wesleyan |
| 1916–1917 | Simpson (IA) |
| 1919 | Howard (AL) |
| 1920 | Oshkosh Normal |
| 1927–1928 | Howard (AL) |
| 1929–1930 | Georgetown (KY) |
| 1938–1939 | Jacksonville State |
| 1945 | Jacksonville State |
| Basketball | |
| 1916–1917 | Simpson (IA) |
| 1918–1920 | Howard (AL) |
| 1925–1927 | Howard (AL) |
| 1929–1931 | Georgetown (KY) |
| Baseball | |
| 1914–1918 | Dakota Wesleyan |
| 1920 | Howard (AL) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 41–54–10 (football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 WNAC (1920) | |
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Wesleyan (Independent) (1915–1916) | |||||||||
| 1915 | Dakota Wesleyan | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1916 | Dakota Wesleyan | 1–7 | |||||||
| Dakota Wesleyan: | 8–9 | ||||||||
| Simpson Redmen (Independent) (1916–1917) | |||||||||
| 1916 | Simpson | 2–3 | |||||||
| 1917 | Simpson | 0–5–1 | |||||||
| Simpson: | 2–8–1 | ||||||||
| Howard Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Howard | 3–5–2 | 0–4 | T–22nd | |||||
| Oshkosh Normal Titans (Wisconsin Normal Athletic Conference) (1920) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Oshkosh Normal | 6–1–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| Oshkosh Normal: | 6–1–1 | 4–0–1 | |||||||
| Howard Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1927–1928) | |||||||||
| 1927 | Howard | 7–2–2 | 1–2–1 | 13th | |||||
| 1928 | Howard | 6–4–1 | 4–2–1 | 9th | |||||
| Howard: | 16–11–5 | ||||||||
| Georgetown Tigers (Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1929–1930) | |||||||||
| 1929 | Georgetown | ||||||||
| 1930 | Georgetown | ||||||||
| Georgetown: | 7–11 | ||||||||
| Jacksonville State Eagle Owls (Independent) (1938–1939) | |||||||||
| 1938 | Jacksonville State | 1–6–1 | |||||||
| 1939 | Jacksonville State | 0–7–2 | |||||||
| Jacksonville State Eagle Owls (Independent) (1945) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Jacksonville State | 1–1 | |||||||
| Jacksonville State: | 2–14–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 41–54–10 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- "Chester C Dillon". Ancestry.com. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
- White Sawyer, Effie (1983). The First Hundred Years; The History of Jacksonville State University; 1883 - 1983 (PDF). Jacksonville, Alabama: Centennial Committee, Jacksonville State University. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 25, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
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