Football Dodson was a
running back for the
Tennessee Volunteers of the
University of Tennessee from
1925 to
1927.
1927 Dan McGugin's
Vanderbilt Commodores led 7–0 until a late Dick Dodson run tied the score. He was selected
All-Southern in 1927. Dodson was considered the best of Southern
backfields along with
Bill Spears and
Herdis McCrary. That year Dodson set a record with a 91 yard run versus
Transylvania. It's still the second longest run in Tennessee history, broken with a 99-yard run by Kelsey Finch against
Florida in 1977. In the Tennessee-Vanderbilt game of '27, Dodson carried the ball but four times, yet was the main reason for Tennessee keeping the game a tie. ==References==