Bobby Dodd

Football Coach

Birthday November 11, 1908

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Virginia

DEATH DATE Jun 21, 1988 (79)

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About

Hall of Fame college football coach who retired with a 165–64–8 record at Georgia Tech.

Before Fame

He played quarterback at Tennessee State for 3 seasons.

Trivia

He came up with the 'fumblerooski' trick play that Nebraska used 50 years later in the Orange Bowl against Miami.

Family Life

He married Alice Davis Dodd in 1933.

Associated With

He had a long-running feud with Alabama coach Paul Bear Bryant.