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| coaching_records = | CFBHOF_year = 1993 | CFBHOF_id = 50014 }} Robert Lee Dodd (November 11, 1908 – June 21, 1988) was an American college football coach at Georgia Tech. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player and coach,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bobby "In Dodd We Trust" Dodd )〕 something that only three people have accomplished.〔 After playing quarterback at the University of Tennessee, he served as an assistant coach under William Alexander at Georgia Tech beginning in December 1930. Alexander made the hire while Dodd was still a student at Tennessee. Dodd succeeded Alexander in 1945 as the third head coach at the Institute. He retired from coaching after the 1966 season, compiling a 165–64–8 record. He also served as Athletic Director from 1950 until 1976. All together, Dodd served Georgia Tech 57 years in various capacities. Bobby Dodd died in June 1988 at the age of 79 in Atlanta, Georgia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert Lee Dodd )〕 ==Early life== Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd was born in 1908 in Galax, Virginia. He was named after another famous Virginian, Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Dodd was the youngest of Edwin and Susan Dodd's four children. In the fall of 1921, the Dodd family relocated to Kingsport, Tennessee. When Dodd was twelve years old and weighed only 100 pounds, he made the seventh-grade team of Kingsport's first organized football program.〔 However, the happiness of Bobby Dodd's early life came to a sad end in 1924 when his father committed suicide due to business failure and financial troubles. The family was forced to move, but was held together by the perseverance of Dodd's mother. During the next three seasons, the Kingsport Indians football team at Dobyns Bennett High School was very successful gaining two state titles. They were helped by Dodd, who moved from receiver to quarterback and kicker positions. In 1926, Bobby Dodd graduated high school and was admitted to the University of Tennessee with a football scholarship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2009 DBHS Hall of Fame Inductee:Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dobyns-Bennett High School Football )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bobby Dodd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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