George P. Dyer | |
Birth Date: | 7 February 1876 |
Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Death Place: | Santa Barbara County, California, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1893–1894 |
Player Team1: | Cornell |
Coach Years1: | 1896 |
Coach Team1: | Army |
Overall Record: | 3–2–1 |
George Palmer Dyer (February 7, 1876 – June 22, 1948)[1] [2] was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy in 1896, compiling a record of 3–2–1. Dyer played at Cornell University in 1893 and 1894. He later served in the United States Navy as a paymaster.[3]
George married Dorothy Sturges Bell on 9 October 1901 aboard the U.S.S. Santee.[4] [5] They were divorced in Nevada in February 1940.[6] He married Amelia Frances Goodrich Jarvie (born 30 June 1881 in Brooklyn, N.Y.), donor of the carillon at the Jerusalem International YMCA, on 21 September 1940 in Essex, Ma.[7] They lived at Yellow Jacket Ranch in Calistoga, California, making trips to Hawaii and New Zealand until Amelia's death on 25 July 1945.[8] [9] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[10]