Chester C. Dillon

Chester Dillon
Biographical details
Born	January 14, 1887; Normal, Illinois
Died	October 11, 1972 (aged 85)
Playing career
Football
1904–1907	Illinois State Normal
1910–1912	Illinois
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915–1916	Dakota Wesleyan
1916–1917	Simpson
1919	Howard (AL)
1920	Oshkosh State Normal
1927–1928	Howard (AL)
1929–1930	Georgetown (KY)
1938–1939	Jacksonville State
1945	Jacksonville State
Basketball
1916–1917	Simpson
1918–1920	Howard (AL)
1925–1927	Howard (AL)
Baseball
1920	Howard (AL)

Chester C. "Chet" Dillon (January 14, 1887 – October 11, 1972) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Dakota Wesleyan University (1915–1916), Simpson College (1916–1917), Howard College in Homewood, Alabama—now Samford University (1919, 1927–1928), Oshkosh State Normal School—now the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1920), Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky (1929–1930), and Jacksonville State Teachers College—now Jacksonville State University (1938–1939, 1945). Dillon was born on January 14, 1887 in Normal, Illinois.^[1] He died on October 11, 1972.^[2]

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