Dixon Foster

Dixon Foster
Biographical details
Born	December 24, 1888
Died	May 6, 1973 (aged 84)
Playing career
Football
1905–1908	Hampden–Sydney
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1909–1910	Greenbrier Military (WV)
1912–1915	Porter Military (SC)
1916	South Carolina (freshmen)
1917	South Carolina
1919	South Carolina
Basketball
1916–1920	South Carolina
Baseball
1917–1920	South Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1917	South Carolina
1919	South Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	4–12–1 (college football); 26–31 (college basketball)

William Dixon Foster (December 24, 1888 – May 6, 1973) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach (1917, 1919), head men's basketball coach (1916–1920) and head baseball coach (1917–1920) at the University of South Carolina.^[2]

Foster was a graduate of Hampden–Sydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia.^[3]

Head coaching record[edit]

Football[edit]


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1917)
1917	South Carolina	3–5	2–3	T–9th
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919)
1919	South Carolina	1–7–1	0–4–1	20th
South Carolina:		4–12–1	2–7–1
Total:		4–12–1

References[edit]

^ "Dixon Foster". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Garnet & Black". University of South Carolina. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ A General Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Hampden-Sydney College. Hampden–Sydney College. Retrieved March 24, 2019.

External links[edit]

Dixon Foster at Find a Grave

[1] "Dixon Foster". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[2] "Garnet & Black". University of South Carolina. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[3] A General Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Hampden-Sydney College. Hampden–Sydney College. Retrieved March 24, 2019.

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