caption player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid bowl_record sport birth_date image article_title name
ward during his head coaching tenure at colorado oregon state february 1983 boulder , colorado 1936 1947 1948 & ndash ; 1958 & ndash ; 1941 1945 & ndash ; lexington , oregon end 63 & ndash ; 41 & ndash ; 6 1924 & ndash ; 1926 minnesota -lrb- assistant -rrb- minnesota -lrb- backfield -rrb- colorado 2434 1 & ndash ; 0 football , basketball , baseball 11 august 1906 dallas ward - colorado.jpg dallas ward
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dallas ward

dallas `` dal '' ward -lrb- august 11 , 1906 -- february 1983 -rrb- was an american football , basketball , and baseball player and coach .
he served as the head football coach at the university of colorado at boulder from 1948 to 1958 , compiling a career record of 63 -- 41 -- 6 in 11 seasons .
over the course of the 1953 and 1954 seasons , ward 's colorado buffaloes football teams won nine consecutive games .
ward grew up in lexington , oregon on a ranch and played college football at oregon state university in the 1920s , where he started every game of his collegiate career .
ward held membership in five honorary societies , including phi kappa phi .
he was inducted into the colorado sports hall of fame in 1985 .
the cu athletic administration center , located at the north end of folsom field , was named after him .
as of 2007 , ward is one of only three multi-sport inductees in the hall of fame at oregon state , where he was inducted in 1997 .
he earned eight vasity letters : three for football and twice each for baseball and basketball , and was a captain in all three sports .
