Dan Hill (American football)

Dan Hill
Duke Blue Devils
PositionCenter, Linebacker
Personal information
Born:(1917-03-08)March 8, 1917
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Died:August 24, 1989(1989-08-24) (aged 72)
Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Career history
CollegeDuke (1936–1938)
Career highlights and awards
College Football Hall of Fame (1962)

Dan "Tiger" Hill (March 8, 1917 – August 24, 1989) was an American football player. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, he played center and linebacker for the Duke Blue Devils football teams from 1936 to 1938.[1] He was All-Southern Conference in 1936 and 1938, and All-American in 1938.[2] He was co-captain of the 1938 "Iron Dukes", which did not allow a point during the regular season and lost the 1939 Rose Bowl, 7–3. That season, he finished tenth in the Heisman Trophy voting and was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers.[3][4] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1962, and into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1972.[2] In 2014, ESPN named Hill's 1938 season the best individual season by a Duke football player.[5]

After playing, he served as assistant athletic director at Duke until 1953.[6] The school awards a "Dan 'Tiger' Hill Award" to the school's top offensive lineman.[7]

  1. ^ "Dan "Tiger" Hill - Inductee Detail". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Dan Hill Jr". North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "Duke Drafted Players". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "The Season: The best at every school". ESPN. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  6. ^ "Dan W. Hill, Jr". Duke Sports Information. December 14, 2005. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  7. ^ Carp, Daniel (January 19, 2013). "Sean Renfree Named Duke Football MVP". Duke Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.