Dan_Hill_(American_football)

Dan Hill (American football)

Dan Hill (American football)

American football player (1917–1989)

Dan "Tiger" Hill (March 8, 1917 – August 24, 1989) was an American football player. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, he played center and linebacker for the Duke Blue Devils football teams from 1936 to 1938.[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 tenth in the Heisman Trophy voting and was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers.[3][4] 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.[5]

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After playing, he served as assistant athletic director at Duke until 1953.[6] The school awards a "Dan 'Tiger' Hill Award" to the school's top offensive lineman.[7]

References

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    "Dan "Tiger" Hill - Inductee Detail". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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    "Dan Hill Jr". North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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    "Duke Drafted Players". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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    "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
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    "The Season: The best at every school". ESPN. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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    "Dan W. Hill, Jr". Duke Sports Information. 2005-12-14. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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    Carp, Daniel (January 19, 2013). "Sean Renfree Named Duke Football MVP". Duke Chronicle. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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