Earl Dodd

Glenn Earl "Earl" Dodd


Born:
November 1, 1924
Wood River, IL

Died:
October 30, 2004
Alton, IL


Career
1939-40 Bethalto High School - Illinois (High School)
1940-41 Bethalto High School - Illinois (High School)
1941-42 East Alton-Wood River High School -  Wood River, IL (High School)
1946-47 NE Missouri State Teachers College (College)
1947-48 NE Missouri State Teachers College (College)
1948-49 NE Missouri State Teachers College (College)
1949-50 Denver Nuggets (NBA)

After high school, Dodd served in the U.S. Army in Italy, receiving a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. He went to NE Missouri State (now Truman State University) and after graduating, played one season for the Denver Nuggets. He later worked as a construction foreman and died of congestive heart failure in 2004.

He married Opal Walker (1926-2011) in 1951 and they had one daughter.

Source:
St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), November 4, 2004

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/doddea01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=doddea01