George Dixon

Dixon was a ninth round draft pick of the NFL Green Bay Packers in 1959, but was released after the exibition season and joined the Montreal Alouettes that year.  In his short rookie season, Dixon demonstrated his potential with 38 carries for 301 yards and a oustanding 7.9 yard average.  Injuries plagued Dixon during his career and kept him from the 1000 yard club in the next two seasons as he ran for 976 yards in 12 games in 1960 and 806 yards in 11 games in 1961.  1962 was Dixon's best as he smashed that elusive thousand yard mark, and ran for 1520 yards and a 7.0 yard average carry to lead the East in rushing.  Those stats earned Dixon the CFL Most Outstanding Player award and All-Canadian status in the first year for the CFL All-Star awards.  1963 was almost as good as Dixon ran for 1270 yards and a 6.7 yard average to once more lead the East in rushing and claim his second All-Canadian All-Star team award.  Dixon was also an East All-Star in both 1962 and 1963.  Injuries once more hit Dixon in 1964 as he played in just 12 games and then only 6 in his final season in 1965.  Many of the running backs from that era were not used much as a receiver, but Dixon was a dangerous receiver out of the backfield.  His best season receiving was 1960 when he caught 33 passes, incuding 9 touchdown passes to match his 9 rushing for a total of 18 for the season.  Those 18 TDs gave Dixon the East scoring title in 1960.  Dixon ended his career with 5619 yards rushing and was elected to the Canadian Football Hall-of-Fame in 1974.  George Dixon passed away on August 6, 1990.

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Games Played and Rushing
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long
1959 MON
38 301 7.9 1 77
1960 MON 12 161 976 6.1 9 70
1961 MON 11 138 806 5.8 7 50
1962 MON 14 216 1520 7 11 75
1963 MON 14 189 1270 6.7 10 109
1964 MON 12 107 594 5.6 4 76
1965 MON 6 47 148 3.1 0 14
Receiving
Year Team Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1959 MON 22 322 14.6 0 37
1960 MON 33 455 13.8 9 47
1961 MON 15 211 14.1 1 49
1962 MON 24 393 16.4 4 67
1963 MON 16 190 11.9 1 52
1964 MON 18 155 8.6 1 49
1965 MON 13 190 14.6 1 28
Kickoff Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1959 MON 6 98 16.3 0 26
1960 MON 14 284 20.3 0 29
1961 MON 9 243 27 0 36
1962 MON 12 296 24.7 0 43
1963 MON 16 352 22 0 45
1964 MON 12 329 27.4 0 41
1965 MON 0 0 0 0 0
Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1959 MON 1 3 3 0 3
1960 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MON 0 0 0 0 0
Fumbles
Year Team F FL
1959 MON

1960 MON

1961 MON

1962 MON

1963 MON

1964 MON 2
1965 MON 0

1961 Topps George Dixon

1964 George Dixon

1959 George Dixon

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