Jack Dye

Jack Dye
Profile
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Born(1876-08-24)August 24, 1876
LaCrosse, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedAugust 9, 1944(1944-08-09) (aged 67)
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Career information
CollegeVanderbilt (1895–1898)
Awards and highlights

John Sinclair Dye (August 24, 1876 – August 9, 1944) was an American college football player and surgeon who served in the First World War.[1][2][3]

Vanderbilt University

He was a prominent halfback for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team of Vanderbilt University from 1895 to 1898.[4]

1897

The team held all opponents scoreless and won its first conference title in 1897.[4][5]

1898

Dye was selected All-Southern in 1898.[6]

Chattanooga

At the turn of the century, Dye ran a gymnasium in Chattanooga as head of the local Athletic Association.[7] Dye attempted to come back and play for Vanderbilt, but was refused on eligibility grounds by William Lofland Dudley.[8] Dye was also a successful surgeon of Chattanooga who worked at the Erlanger Hospital in 1914.[1][9]

Connecticut

Dye later moved to Waterbury, Connecticut.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b Vanderbilt University (1915). "Alumni Notes". Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 15: 48–50.
  2. ^ "Dr. John S. Dye". Hartford Courant. August 11, 1944. p. 4.
  3. ^ War Service Data
  4. ^ a b "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Bill Traughber (October 11, 2006). "Vandy Shuts Out 1897 Opponents".
  6. ^ W. A. Lambeth (1899). "Football In The South". Outing. 33. Outing Publishing Company: 527.
  7. ^ "Athletic Association". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 1, 1900. p. 6.
  8. ^ Nashville in the 1890s
  9. ^ "Medical News - Tennessee". Journal of the American Medical Association. 62 (16): 1265. 1914.
  10. ^ "Colonel John S. Dye". Hartford Courant. December 7, 1922.