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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 6494" data-source="post: 913355"><p><h3><strong>CHAPTER 4</strong></h3><p>There is no way I can describe Dodd’s senior year. It is imperative you read Chapter Four for yourself.</p><p></p><p>Each summer, Dodd returned home to work and help his widowed mother. He played baseball on the weekends with the mill team. In the summer of 1930, he played some semi-pro baseball in Logan, West Virginia.</p><p></p><p>One summer some friends persuaded him to enter the Kingsport Tennis Tournament. It was the first time Dodd had ever played tennis, and he won the tournament. There was also a bridge tournament event. He and one of his friends entered the bridge tournament and won it.</p><p></p><p>Dodd’s senior season record at Tennessee ended with a 9-1 record. The three-year record with Dodd at quarterback for Tennessee was 27-1-2. His feats can be read from the book and are legendary. I would have to type the entire chapter to cover them.</p><p></p><p>Tennessee had beaten a strong North Carolina team 9-7 during the year, and Georgia Tech had to play North Carolina as their next game. Mack Tharpe came to talk with Neyland about the strategy Tennessee used against UNC. Neyland did not have time and referred the task to Dodd.</p><p></p><p>Mack Tharpe returned to Atlanta and told Alexander, “I have just talked with the smartest quarterback I have ever known. Tharpe told Alexander, “You had better hire him as an assistant before someone else gets him”.</p><p></p><p>Malcolm Johnson, a prominent sports-writer of that era, said Bobby Dodd was a magician with the football. Josh Cody, Temple University coach, said Dodd was one of the greatest backs he ever saw. He said Dodd was the greatest faker with a football that has ever lived.</p><p></p><p>Edwin Camp, nicknamed Old Timer, and a longtime editor of the Atlanta Journal stated, “Bobby Dodd defeated a strong Vanderbilt team 13-0 on Saturday”. Without Dodd, Old Timer wrote, Tennessee would be a fair team, full of fight, but would have lost to Vanderbilt by three touchdowns. One of Dodd’s punts went 69 yards and went out of bounds on Vanderbilt’s four-yard line.</p><p></p><p>Old Timer rattled off a bunch of great football players including Jim Thorpe, George Gipp, and Red Grange, but stated, “Never, have I seen the equal of Robert Lee Dodd".</p><p></p><p>It has been said that Neyland was the coach Monday through Friday, but Dodd was the coach on Saturdays. Neyland called Dodd, “the greatest competitor I have ever coached”. Dan Mcgugin, the coach of Vanderbilt, said Dodd was one of the great quarterbacks of football history.</p><p></p><p>Tennessee had two great backs, McEver and Hackman. Wallace Wade, coach at Alabama, said, “I respect McEver and Hackman, but I fear Dodd”.</p><p></p><p>Tech brought Dodd to Atlanta for an interview with Alexander and the Tech committee. Tech had just lost an assistant, and was looking for a new one who would one day succeed Alexander. Wallace Wade had just left Alabama to coach at Duke and wanted Dodd as his assistant. Also, Neyland was going to make Dodd an assistant at Tennessee.</p><p></p><p>Dodd accepted the offer from Tech but told them he would not be available until after the basketball season. The Southern Conference Tournament was held in Atlanta, and Tennessee lost to Georgia Tech. Dodd never returned to Tennessee, and began as an assistant football coach at Tech the day after the tournament.</p><p></p><p>Dodd made the All-America football team in his senior year consisting of 13 players, because of one-platoon football. It has been reported that making the All-American team was very difficult for a player from the South. The South was considered bush league, and the press was more prominent in the North and East. There were no TV games, so the high profile sports writers and high profile coaches determined the AA candidates.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 6494, post: 913355"] [HEADING=2][B]CHAPTER 4[/B][/HEADING] There is no way I can describe Dodd’s senior year. It is imperative you read Chapter Four for yourself. Each summer, Dodd returned home to work and help his widowed mother. He played baseball on the weekends with the mill team. In the summer of 1930, he played some semi-pro baseball in Logan, West Virginia. One summer some friends persuaded him to enter the Kingsport Tennis Tournament. It was the first time Dodd had ever played tennis, and he won the tournament. There was also a bridge tournament event. He and one of his friends entered the bridge tournament and won it. Dodd’s senior season record at Tennessee ended with a 9-1 record. The three-year record with Dodd at quarterback for Tennessee was 27-1-2. His feats can be read from the book and are legendary. I would have to type the entire chapter to cover them. Tennessee had beaten a strong North Carolina team 9-7 during the year, and Georgia Tech had to play North Carolina as their next game. Mack Tharpe came to talk with Neyland about the strategy Tennessee used against UNC. Neyland did not have time and referred the task to Dodd. Mack Tharpe returned to Atlanta and told Alexander, “I have just talked with the smartest quarterback I have ever known. Tharpe told Alexander, “You had better hire him as an assistant before someone else gets him”. Malcolm Johnson, a prominent sports-writer of that era, said Bobby Dodd was a magician with the football. Josh Cody, Temple University coach, said Dodd was one of the greatest backs he ever saw. He said Dodd was the greatest faker with a football that has ever lived. Edwin Camp, nicknamed Old Timer, and a longtime editor of the Atlanta Journal stated, “Bobby Dodd defeated a strong Vanderbilt team 13-0 on Saturday”. Without Dodd, Old Timer wrote, Tennessee would be a fair team, full of fight, but would have lost to Vanderbilt by three touchdowns. One of Dodd’s punts went 69 yards and went out of bounds on Vanderbilt’s four-yard line. Old Timer rattled off a bunch of great football players including Jim Thorpe, George Gipp, and Red Grange, but stated, “Never, have I seen the equal of Robert Lee Dodd". It has been said that Neyland was the coach Monday through Friday, but Dodd was the coach on Saturdays. Neyland called Dodd, “the greatest competitor I have ever coached”. Dan Mcgugin, the coach of Vanderbilt, said Dodd was one of the great quarterbacks of football history. Tennessee had two great backs, McEver and Hackman. Wallace Wade, coach at Alabama, said, “I respect McEver and Hackman, but I fear Dodd”. Tech brought Dodd to Atlanta for an interview with Alexander and the Tech committee. Tech had just lost an assistant, and was looking for a new one who would one day succeed Alexander. Wallace Wade had just left Alabama to coach at Duke and wanted Dodd as his assistant. Also, Neyland was going to make Dodd an assistant at Tennessee. Dodd accepted the offer from Tech but told them he would not be available until after the basketball season. The Southern Conference Tournament was held in Atlanta, and Tennessee lost to Georgia Tech. Dodd never returned to Tennessee, and began as an assistant football coach at Tech the day after the tournament. Dodd made the All-America football team in his senior year consisting of 13 players, because of one-platoon football. It has been reported that making the All-American team was very difficult for a player from the South. The South was considered bush league, and the press was more prominent in the North and East. There were no TV games, so the high profile sports writers and high profile coaches determined the AA candidates. [/QUOTE]
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