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padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Playing career</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Football</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1931–1933</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/John_Carroll_Blue_Streaks_football" title="John Carroll Blue Streaks football">John Carroll</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Basketball</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1931–1934</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/John_Carroll_Blue_Streaks_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="John Carroll Blue Streaks men's basketball">John Carroll</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Tennis</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; 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padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Coaching career (<a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">HC</a> unless noted)</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Football</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1935–1936</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs football">South Carolina State</a> (backfield)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1937–1950<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">South Carolina State</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Basketball</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1936–1947</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs men's basketball">South Carolina State</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Track</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">Unknown</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs">South Carolina State</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Tennis</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">Unknown<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs">South Carolina State</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Golf</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">Unknown<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs">South Carolina State</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><span class="nowrap">Administrative career (<a href="/wiki/Athletic_director" title="Athletic director">AD</a> unless noted)</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1937–?<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs">South Carolina State</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Overall</th><td class="infobox-data">42–40–10 (football)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowls</th><td class="infobox-data">2–0</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Accomplishments and honors</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Athletic_Hall_of_Fame" title="South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame">South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame</a> (1974)</li><li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs">South Carolina State Athletic Hall of Fame</a> (1983)</li><li><a href="/wiki/John_Carroll_Blue_Streaks" class="mw-redirect" title="John Carroll Blue Streaks">John Carroll Athletic Hall of Fame</a> (1984)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Oliver Cromwell Dawson</b> (September 7, 1910 – February 9, 1989) was an American athlete and sports coach. After playing several sports at <a href="/wiki/John_Carroll_University" title="John Carroll University">John Carroll University</a>, he served as a coach and <a href="/wiki/Athletic_director" title="Athletic director">athletic director</a> for the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs">South Carolina State Bulldogs</a> from 1935 to 1976. The Bulldogs' <a href="/wiki/Oliver_C._Dawson_Stadium" title="Oliver C. Dawson Stadium">Oliver C. Dawson Stadium</a> is named in his honor. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_C._Dawson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dawson was born on September 7, 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and attended <a href="/wiki/Collinwood_High_School_(Cleveland)" title="Collinwood High School (Cleveland)">Collinwood High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, where he played several sports.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played at <a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">fullback</a> in <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> for three seasons, at <a href="/wiki/Guard_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (basketball)">guard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> as a starter for three years, and participated in several <a href="/wiki/Track_and_field" title="Track and field">track and field</a> events.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He led his basketball teams to undefeated records in all three seasons and in track and field set a state record in the <a href="/wiki/440-yard_dash" title="440-yard dash">440-yard dash</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dawson also participated in <a href="/wiki/100-yard_dash" title="100-yard dash">100-yard dash</a> events as well as the <a href="/wiki/200_metres" title="200 metres">220</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also was a <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxer</a> during this time, and once held the heavyweight championship of Cleveland.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dawson later attended <a href="/wiki/John_Carroll_University" title="John Carroll University">John Carroll University</a>, where he played three years of football, two or three years of <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and three years of basketball.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been called "perhaps John Carroll's most versatile star athlete of all time."<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Playing fullback in football, he finished with a career average of 5.5 yards-per-carry,<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and led the team in scoring as a <a href="/wiki/Junior_(education_year)" title="Junior (education year)">junior</a> and <a href="/wiki/Senior_(education)" title="Senior (education)">senior</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dawson played his last football game in November 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In basketball, Dawson played guard for the 1931–32, 1932–33, and 1933–34 teams,<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> serving as their team captain in the last.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a tennis player, he began with <a href="/wiki/Singles_(tennis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Singles (tennis)">singles</a> before moving on to <a href="/wiki/Doubles_(tennis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doubles (tennis)">doubles</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while playing singles he ranked number one at the school.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dawson was inducted into the John Carroll University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984, the first African-American ever to earn the honor.<sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_C._Dawson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dawson transferred to <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_University" title="South Carolina State University">South Carolina State College</a> following his time at John Carroll and graduated in 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was here where he coached five different sports and served as <a href="/wiki/Athletic_director" title="Athletic director">athletic director</a> across a period that spanned from 1935 to 1976, winning championships in all but one of those sports.<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dawson served as head coach for the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs men's basketball">men's basketball team</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs football">football team</a>, golf team, track team, and tennis team, and for 16 years was director of athletics.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He succeeded <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_A._Brooks_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert A. Brooks (American football) (page does not exist)">Robert A. Brooks</a> as athletic director in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In football, Dawson served as the backfield coach from 1935 until his graduation.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to head football coach in 1937, and served in the position through 1950. The 1943 through 1945 seasons were cancelled due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <a href="/wiki/1947_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1947 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team">1947 team</a> played for the <a href="/wiki/Black_college_football_national_championship" title="Black college football national championship">black college national championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among notable football players he coached or recruited included <a href="/wiki/Marion_Motley" title="Marion Motley">Marion Motley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones" title="Deacon Jones">Deacon Jones</a>, both of whom went on to be <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Famers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto3_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Described as being one of the most "versatile" coaches,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dawson also served as the head basketball coach from 1936 to 1947, winning the school's first ever <a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">SIAC</a> title in 1943 in any sport.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For seven years, he coached tennis, leading the team to four conference championships; among the players he coached was <a href="/wiki/George_Stewart_(tennis)" title="George Stewart (tennis)">George Stewart</a>, a national champion in the <a href="/wiki/American_Tennis_Association" title="American Tennis Association">American Tennis Association</a> (ATA).<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dawson also coached the golf team for six seasons and led them to four conference titles.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was head athletic director for 16 years and also served as a professor at the school, initiating in 1947 the health and physical education program while serving as its chairman for 30 years.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired from South Carolina State in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors,_personal_life_and_death"><span id="Honors.2C_personal_life_and_death"></span>Honors, personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_C._Dawson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honors, personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dawson was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Athletic_Hall_of_Fame" title="South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame">South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame</a> in 1974, the first black person ever to receive the honor.<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McGee_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGee-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was inducted into the South Carolina State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983, as a charter member.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto5_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Oliver_C._Dawson_Stadium" title="Oliver C. Dawson Stadium">Oliver C. Dawson Stadium</a>, South Carolina State's home football venue, was renamed in his honor in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-auto5_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dawson attended St. Luke Presbyterian Church, where he was an <a href="/wiki/Elder_(Christianity)" title="Elder (Christianity)">elder</a>, and was a member of the Hillcrest Recreational Facility Commission for 17 years.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dawson died on February 9, 1989, at the age of 78.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_C._Dawson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_C._Dawson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>Conference</th> <th>Standing </th> <th>Bowl/playoffs </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football" title="South Carolina State Bulldogs football">South Carolina State Bulldogs</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a>)</i> <small>(1937–1950)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1937_college_football_season" title="1937 college football season">1937</a> </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>5–3–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1938_college_football_season" title="1938 college football season">1938</a> </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>3–5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1939_college_football_season" title="1939 college football season">1939</a> </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>4–3–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_college_football_season" title="1940 college football season">1940</a> </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>3–6</td> <td>1–5</td> <td>11th</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1941_college_football_season" title="1941 college football season">1941</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1941_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1941 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team">South Carolina State</a> </td> <td>4–3–2</td> <td>2–2–2</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1942_college_football_season" title="1942 college football season">1942</a> </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>3–2–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1943_college_football_season" title="1943 college football season">1943</a> </td> <td>No team—<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1944_college_football_season" title="1944 college football season">1944</a> </td> <td>No team—<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1945_college_football_season" title="1945 college football season">1945</a> </td> <td>No team—<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1946_college_football_season" title="1946 college football season">1946</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1946_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1946 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team">South Carolina State</a> </td> <td>5–3–1</td> <td>2–3–1</td> <td></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/Pecan_Bowl" title="Pecan Bowl">Pecan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1947_college_football_season" title="1947 college football season">1947</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1947_South_Carolina_State_Bulldogs_football_team" title="1947 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team">South Carolina State</a> </td> <td>7–1–2</td> <td>5–0–2</td> <td>2nd</td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/Pecan_Bowl" title="Pecan Bowl">Pecan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1948_college_football_season" title="1948 college football season">1948</a> </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>4–3–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1949_college_football_season" title="1949 college football season">1949</a> </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>3–4–1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_college_football_season" title="1950 college football season">1950</a> </td> <td>South Carolina State </td> <td>1–7</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>South Carolina State:</b> </td> <td>42–40–10</td> <td></td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dddddd"> <td colspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"><b>Total:</b></td> <td>42–40–10</td> <td colspan="7"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_C._Dawson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_C._Dawson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Football was not played from 1943 to 1945 due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dawson coached tennis for seven years, but the dates are unknown.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dawson coached golf for six years, but the dates are unknown.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dawson served as <a href="/wiki/Athletic_director" title="Athletic director">athletic director</a> for 16 years, but the dates are unknown.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/John_Carroll_Blue_Streaks" class="mw-redirect" title="John Carroll Blue Streaks">John Carroll Blue Streaks</a> website and an article from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_and_Democrat" title="The Times and Democrat">The Times and Democrat</a></i> conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_C._Dawson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-auto-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-auto_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ancestry.com. 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Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto1_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto1_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto1_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118678288/the-times-and-democrat/">"Coach Oliver Dawson"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_and_Democrat" title="The Times and Democrat">The Times and Democrat</a></i>. 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