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Hall of Fame

Fred Dilkes

Fred A. Dilkes

  • Class
    1961
  • Induction
    1998
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Track & Field (M)

Inducted 1998

  • 1959 Little All-America Honorable Mention
  • 1958 All-ECAC Honorable Mention
  • 3x All-Middle Atlantic Conference (2x First-Team, 1x Honorable Mention)
  • 2x First-Team All-Mason-Dixon Conference
  • 1960 Player of the Game vs. Johns Hopkins
  • 2,572 career rush yards, 25 rushing touchdowns
  • 2 interception return touchdowns
  • Bates Prize for Outstanding Man
  • 101st and Airborne Division; Company Commander 1961-1963
  • Combat duty in Vietnam 1963-1964
  • Awards include: Three Bronze Stars for Valor, ten air medals, two Vietnamese decorations for valor, Master Parachutist
  • University of Pennsylvania, Wharton, MBA ,1969
  • U.S.Army, Major, separated 1972
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