page_title: Bobby Dodd
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Bobby Dodd / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: The 2007 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team vs the 2007 Clemson Tigers football team at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
context_page_description: Robert "Bobby" Lee Dodd was an American college football coach at Georgia Institute of Technology. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player and coach. He is one of only three people to have done this.
  Dodd was born in Galax, Virginia. He moved to Kingsport, Tennessee and played several sports at Dobyns-Bennett High School. After high school, he played as a quarterback at the University of Tennessee. From 1931–1945, he worked as an assistant coach for William Alexander at Georgia Tech. Alexander hired Dodd while he was still a student at Tennessee. Dodd replaced Alexander in 1945 and became the third head coach at Georgia Tech. He retired from coaching after the 1966–67 season, with 165 wins, 64 losses, and 8 ties in his career. He also worked as athletic director for Georgia Tech from 1950 until 1976. Dodd died in June 1988 at the age of 79 in Atlanta, Georgia.
context_section_description: Dodd wanted to win every game, but unlike some other coaches, he did not believe in risking his athletes' health in order to win. He believed that the most important part of college football was the college football player.
  In honor of the character of Dodd, each year a Division I college coach who has shown leadership both on and off the field is awarded the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.  This award is given by the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1959 and as a coach in 1993. In 1988, Georgia Tech named its stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium in honor of him. The Bobby Dodd Institute is a group that helps people with disabilities; it is named in honor of Dodd for his help to the disabled.
caption: Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field
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