Dallas Ward (1997) - Hall of Fame - Oregon State University Athletics

Dallas Ward

Induction:
1997

Dallas Ward lettered in football from 1924-26, starting all 25 games, as a receiver. He earned second team All-Coast acclaim as a senior and honorable mention as a junior. He also lettered two years in baseball and basketball.

Ward has the distinction of serving as a team captain at one time in each of the three sports he played. While at Oregon State he was named to five honorary organizations for his academic achievements, and earned the top rank of student colonel in ROTC.

Ward Left Oregon State to become a head football coach at a major high school in Minneapolis, thanks in part to a recommendation letter sent by Knute Rockne. Ward later accepted an assistant head coach position at the University of Minnesota. Ward was appointed the head football coach at the University of Colorado in 1948, and in 1957 led the Buffaloes to an Orange Bowl victory over Clemson - the program's first-ever bowl appearance. Ward has a state-of-the-art athletic facility named after him at the University of Colorado. He is also one of the first people to be inducted into the State of Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.