| Byron W. Dickson | |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1895–1897 |
| Player Team2: | Penn |
| Player Years3: | 1899 |
| Player Team3: | Duquesne Country & AC |
| Player Positions: | End |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1898 |
| Coach Team2: | Colby |
| Coach Years3: | 1900 |
| Coach Team3: | Gettysburg |
| Coach Years4: | 1901 |
| Coach Team4: | South Carolina |
| Coach Years5: | 1905 |
| Coach Team5: | Penn (field) |
| Coach Years6: | 1906–1909 |
| Coach Team6: | Lehigh |
| Coach Years7: | 1910–1913 |
| Coach Team7: | Bucknell |
| Coach Years8: | 1915 |
| Coach Team8: | Penn (field) |
| Coach Years9: | 1916 |
| Coach Team9: | Penn (chief assistant) |
| Coach Years10: | 1917 |
| Coach Team10: | Scott HS (OH) |
| Coach Years11: | 1918 |
| Coach Team11: | League Island Marines |
| Coach Years12: | 1919 |
| Coach Team12: | Franklin & Marshall |
| Coach Years13: | 1920 |
| Coach Team13: | Penn (assistant backfield) |
| Coach Sport14: | Basketball |
| Coach Years15: | 1919–1920 |
| Coach Team15: | Franklin & Marshall |
| Coach Sport16: | Baseball |
| Coach Years17: | 1909–1910 |
| Coach Team17: | Lehigh |
| Coach Years18: | 1911–1913 |
| Coach Team18: | Bucknell |
| Coach Years19: | 1920 |
| Coach Team19: | Franklin & Marshall |
| Admin Years1: | 1901 |
| Admin Team1: | South Carolina |
| Overall Record: | 55–49–9 (football) 7–6 (basketball) 45–53 (baseball) |
Byron Wright "By" Dickson (March 18, 1875 – May 22, 1930) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Colby College (1898), Gettysburg College (1900), the University of South Carolina (1901), Lehigh University (1906–1909), Bucknell University (1910–1913), Scott High School (1917), and Franklin & Marshall (1919). Dickson was also the head baseball coach at Lehigh (1909–1910), Bucknell (1911–1913), and Franklin & Marshall (1920), amassing a career college baseball record of 45–53. In addition, he served as the head basketball coach at Franklin & Marshall during the 1919–20 season, tallying a mark of 7–6.
Dickson was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He played college football at the University of Pennsylvania from 1895 to 1897 as an end. In 1899, Dickson played professional football for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club.[1] [2] He died on May 22, 1930, in Miami Beach, Florida.[3]
Dickson began his coaching career in 1898 when he was hired as the football coach at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.[4]