death_date coach_team birth_date death_place player_positions player_years cfbdwid bowl_record admin_years image name caption cfbhof_year birth_place awards sport cfbhof_id admin_team championships coach_years overall_record article_title player_team
21 june 1988 georgia tech -lrb- assistant -rrb- georgia tech 11 november 1908 atlanta , georgia quarterback , tailback , punter 1928 & ndash ; 1930 602 9 & ndash ; 4 1950 & ndash ; 1976 bobby dodd 1962.png bobby dodd dodd from the 1963 '' blueprint '' 1993 galax , virginia 2x ndash ; 1952 -rrb- helms hall of fame university of sec tennessee hall of fame american football writers association citation of coach honor of the year -lrb- 1951 & football 50014 georgia tech 1 & ndash ; 1952 -rrb- national -lrb- 1952 -rrb- 2 sec -lrb- 1951 1931 1966 & ndash ; 1944 1945 & ndash ; 165 & ndash ; 64 & ndash ; 8 bobby dodd
 tennessee
bobby dodd

robert lee dodd -lrb- november 11 , 1908 -- june 21 , 1988 -rrb- was an american college football coach at georgia tech .
he was elected to the college football hall of fame as a player and coach , something that only three people have accomplished .
after playing quarterback at the university of tennessee , he served as an assistant coach under william alexander at georgia tech beginning in december 1930 .
alexander made the hire while dodd was still a student at tennessee .
dodd succeeded alexander in 1945 as the third head coach at the institute .
he retired from coaching after the 1966 season , compiling a 165 -- 64 -- 8 record .
he also served as athletic director from 1950 until 1976 .
all together , dodd served georgia tech 57 years in various capacities .
bobby dodd died in june 1988 at the age of 79 in atlanta , georgia .
