{{Short description|American football player (1933–2000)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Dean Dugger | image = Dean Dugger.jpg | caption = Dugger from the 1953 ''Makio'' | number = | position = End | birth_date = September 18, 1933 | birth_place = Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = March 5, 2000 (aged 66) | death_place = Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lbs = | high_school = | college = Ohio State | draftyear = 1955 | draftround = 4 | draftpick = 46 | pastteams = * Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1955}})* | highlights = * National champion (1954) * First-team All-American (1954) * First-team All-Big Ten (1954) | statseason = | statlabel1 = | statvalue1 = | statlabel2 = | statvalue2 = | statlabel3 = | statvalue3 = }}
'''Dean Alan Dugger''' (September 18, 1933 – March 5, 2000) was an American football player.
Dugger was born in Philadelphia in 1933 and attended Stonewall Jackson High School in Charleston, West Virginia.<ref name=PFA/>
He attended the Ohio State University and played college football at the end position for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 1952 to 1954.<ref name=PFA/> He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) as a first-team player on its 1954 College Football All-America Team.<ref name=ESPN>{{cite book|title=ESPN College Football Encyclopedia|page=1236|publisher=ESPN Books|year=2005|isbn=1401337031}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cassady, Dugger Add Laurels|newspaper=Lancaster Eagle-Gazette|date=November 27, 1954|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104469890/dugger/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was also rated as one of the two best ends in the Midwest,<ref>{{cite news|title=OSU's Dean Dugger and Michigan's Ron Kramer Best Ends in Mid-West|newspaper=The Newark Advocate|date=October 28, 1954|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104470417/osus-dean-dugger-and-michigans-ron/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and selected by the Associated Press as a first-team end on the 1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team.<ref>{{cite news|title=A.P. Lists 1954 All Big Ten Choices|newspaper=The Daily Iowan|date=November 23, 1954|page=4|url=http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1954/di1954-11-23.pdf}}</ref>
He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 46th pick in the 1955 NFL Draft.<ref name=PFA/> He was placed on waivers by the Eagles on September 15.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 16, 1955|newspaper=Chillicothe Gazette|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104470180/dean-dugger/|title=Dean Dugger Cut Loose by Eagles|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
He was the brother of Jack Dugger.<ref name=PFA>{{cite web|title=Dean Dugger|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=June 25, 2022|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerd/dugg00500.html}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{1954 Ohio State Buckeyes football navbox}} {{Eagles1955DraftPicks}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dugger, Dean}} Category:1933 births Category:2000 deaths Category:American football ends Category:Ohio State Buckeyes football players Category:Players of American football from Charleston, West Virginia Category:Stonewall Jackson High School (Charleston, West Virginia) alumni Category:20th-century American sportsmen