Jack Dye
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 24, 1876 LaCrosse, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | August 9, 1944 (aged 67) Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Vanderbilt (1895–1898) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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John Sinclair Dye (August 24, 1876 – August 9, 1944) was an American college football player and surgeon who served in the First World War.[1][2][3]
Vanderbilt University
[edit]He was a prominent halfback for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team of Vanderbilt University from 1895 to 1898.[4]
1897
[edit]The team held all opponents scoreless and won its first conference title in 1897.[4][5]
1898
[edit]Dye was selected All-Southern in 1898.[6]
Chattanooga
[edit]At the turn of the century, Dye ran a gymnasium in Chattanooga as head of the local Athletic Association.[7] Dye attempted to come back and play for Vanderbilt, but was refused on eligibility grounds by William Lofland Dudley.[8] Dye was also a successful surgeon of Chattanooga who worked at the Erlanger Hospital in 1914.[1][9]
Connecticut
[edit]Dye later moved to Waterbury, Connecticut.[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Vanderbilt University (1915). "Alumni Notes". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 15: 48–50.
- ↑ "Dr. John S. Dye". Hartford Courant. August 11, 1944. p. 4.
- ↑ War Service Data
- 1 2 "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Bill Traughber (October 11, 2006). "Vandy Shuts Out 1897 Opponents".
- ↑ W. A. Lambeth (1899). "Football In The South". Outing. 33. Outing Publishing Company: 527.
- ↑ "Athletic Association". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 1, 1900. p. 6.
- ↑ Nashville in the 1890s
- ↑ "Medical News - Tennessee". Journal of the American Medical Association. 62 (16): 1265. 1914.
- ↑ "Colonel John S. Dye". Hartford Courant. December 7, 1922.
- 1876 births
- 1944 deaths
- 19th-century players of American football
- 20th-century American surgeons
- American football halfbacks
- All-Southern college football players
- Vanderbilt Commodores football players
- People from Chattanooga, Tennessee
- People from Izard County, Arkansas
- People from Waterbury, Connecticut
- Players of American football from Arkansas
- Medical doctors from Tennessee