| Dick Dodson | |
| Currentnumber: | 13 |
| Currentposition: | Halfback/Fullback |
| School: | Tennessee Volunteers |
| Highschool: | Peabody Academy |
| Class: | Graduate |
| Pastschools: | Tennessee (1925 - 1927) |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
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Richard B. Dodson was a college football player.
Dodson was a running back for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee from 1925 to 1927.[1]
Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores led 7 - 0 until a late Dick Dodson run tied the score.[2] He was selected All-Southern in 1927.[3] Dodson was considered the best of Southern backfields along with Bill Spears and Herdis McCrary.[4] That year Dodson set a record with a 91 yard run versus Transylvania.[5] [6] It's still the second longest run in Tennessee history, broken with a 99-yard run by Kelsey Finch against Florida in 1977.[7] In the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game of '27, Dodson carried the ball but four times, yet was the main reason for Tennessee keeping the game a tie.[4]