George W. Dickerson

College coach infobox
Name = George W. Dickerson


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DateOfDeath = death date|2002|1|22
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Sport = Football
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OverallRecord = 1-2-0
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Player = Y
Years = 1934-36
Team = UCLA
Position = Tackle
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1958
CoachTeams = UCLA
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George W. Dickerson was an American college football head coach at UCLA. He only held that position for three games in 1958 while the university searched for a permanent coach after the sudden death of Henry Russell Sanders. Dickerson had been the assistant coach at UCLA since 1946. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987.cite web| url=http://www.today.ucla.edu/2002/020212names.html |title="UCLA Today" obituary for George W. Dickerson |accessdate=2007-12-02]

Early life and education

Dickerson attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, California. At UCLA, he lettered in football for three years and rugby for four. He was also a boxer, and was captain of the 1936 UCLA football team.

Football coaching record

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conf = Pacific Coast Conference
startyear = 1958
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overall = 1-2-0
conference = 0-1-0
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ranking = no
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overall = 1-2-0
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