George Dygert
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| Date of birth | November 25, 1870 |
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| Place of birth | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Date of death | April 4, 1957 (aged 86) |
| Place of death | Chicago, Illinois |
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| Position(s) | Fullback, Halfback |
| College | University of Michigan |
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| 1890–1894 | Michigan |
| 1896–1897 | Butte |
| Honors | Michigan team captain (1892, 1893) |
George Burlingame "Dygie" Dygert (November 25, 1870 – April 4, 1957) was an American football player and lawyer. Dygert played college football for the University of Michigan for five years from 1890 to 1894 and was captain of the 1892 and 1893 teams. He played professional football for the Butte, Montana football team in 1896 and 1897 and practiced law in Butte and Chicago from 1896 to 1953.
Dygert was born on November 25, 1870 and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended Ann Arbor High School where he played two years on the high school's football team, including one year as the team's captain.
Dygert enrolled at the University of Michigan and played five years at the fullback and halfback positions for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1890 to 1894. As a freshman in 1890, Dygert played on the first racially integrated Michigan football team, a team that featured Dygert and George Jewett, both of whom grew up in Ann Arbor, playing in the same backfield. (After Jewett, another African-American did not play football at Michigan until Willis Ward did so in the 1930s.) The 1890 Michigan team photograph shows Dygert and Jewett seated next to each other. (Cropped image at right.)
In November 1891, after Dygert's second year playing for the Wolverines, the Chicago Daily Tribune wrote:
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