Dan Hill (American football)

Dan Hill
Duke Blue Devils
Position Center, Linebacker
Career history
College Duke (19361938)
Personal information
Date of birth March 8, 1917
Place of birth Asheville, North Carolina
Date of death August 24, 1989 (age 72)
Place of death Durham, North Carolina
College Football Hall of Fame (1962)

Dan "Tiger" Hill (March 8, 1917 - August 24, 1989) was a former football player. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, he played center and linebacker for the 1936-1938 Duke Blue Devils football teams.[1] He was All-Southern Conference in 1936 and 1938, and All-American in 1938.[2] He was co-captain of the 1938 "Iron Dukes", which did not allow a point during the regular season and lost the 1939 Rose Bowl 7-3. That season, he finished 10th in the Heisman voting and was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers.[3] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962, and into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1972.[2] In 2014, ESPN named Hill's 1938 season the best individual season by a Duke football player.[4]

After playing, he served as assistant athletic director at Duke until 1953.[5] The school awards a "Dan 'Tiger' Hill Award" to the school's top offensive lineman.[6]

References

  1. "Dan "Tiger" Hill - Inductee Detail". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Dan Hill Jr.". North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. "Duke Drafted Players". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. "The Season: The best at every school". ESPN. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  5. "Dan W. Hill, Jr.". Duke Sports Information. 2005-12-14. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  6. Carp, Daniel (January 19, 2013). "Sean Renfree Named Duke Football MVP". Duke Chronicle. Retrieved 4 August 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.