Background
Dickson was born in Boston and grew up in South Pasadena, California.
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George Dickson
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South Pasadena High School. Notre Dame University.
Career
He was a star quarterback at South Pasadena High School and in 1940 joined the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team Military
After his freshman season, Dickson enlisted as a Paratrooper. He saw extensive action during the war, including combat in Normandy on Doctorate-Day.
Following the fighting in Normandy, Sergeant
Dickson and his unit moved to the Ardennes. There, they were battered by constant bombing by German artillery during the Battle of the Bulge.
He returned to Notre Dame in 1946, but dropped out in order to work full time. He returned to Notre Dame again in 1948 and spent his final two seasons of eligibility as a reserve quarterback behind Frank Tripucka and Bob Williams.
Dickson began his coaching career in 1952 as an assistant at New York University. The football program was disbanded after his first season there and after spending the 1953 season as an assistant at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, Dickson rejoined his New York University boss Hugh Devore at Dayton.
Dickson"s time at Dayton was short-lived as one month later he left Dayton to become the backfield coach at his alma mater, Notre Dame. After only one season, Dickson left Notre Dame and returned to Dayton. After stints at Marquette, University of Southern California, Pacific, and Tulane, Dickson joined the pro ranks as an assistant with the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League.
He returned to college football in 1962 as an assistant at Oklahoma.
In 1976, Dickson received his first head coaching position when he was hired by the Canadian Football League"s Hamilton Tiger-Cats. After the Tiger-Cats lost all four of their preseason games and their first two regular season games under Dickson, General Manager Bob Shaw fired him and succeeded him as head coach.
After his firing, Dickson served as an assistant coach at San Bernardino Valley College. Coaching record.
