About: Chester Dillon

Chester C. 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 known as Samford University (1919, 1927–1928), Oshkosh State Normal School—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1920), Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky (1929–1930), and Jacksonville State Teachers College—now known as Jacksonville State University (1938–1939, 1945). Dillon was born on January 14, 1887 in Normal, Illinois. He died on October 11, 1972.