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A.P. McLeod

A.P. "Dizzy" McLeod

  • Class
    1922
  • Induction
    1981
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Men's Basketball, Football, Head Coach, Athletics Director
Fountain Inn, S.C.

'22 B.S.
Football — Tackle, Head Coach
Four-Year Letterman — 1919-22
Team Captain — 1922
All-South Carolina — 1921 & ‘22
South Carolina Champion — 1919 (6-2-1), 1920 (9-1), 1921 (7-2-1)
SIAA Champion — 1922 (8-3)
Four-Year Record — 30-8-2 (21 shutouts)
39-7 Win Over Wake Forest — 1919
1920 Furman Team Outscored Opposition 286-16
1921 Furman Team Recorded Shutouts In Final Six Games
17-0 Win Over Wake Forest — 1920
14-0 Win Over Clemson — 1920
7-0 Win Over South Carolina — 1921
7-6 Win Over Florida —1922
20-6 Win Over Clemson — 1922
Assistant Coach — 1922-26
Assistant Coach, Clemson — 1927
Head Coach, Furman (Record) — 1932-42 (56-37-7, .595)
South Carolina Champion — 1932 (8-1), 1936 (7-2)
Coach of Furman Team Known As “House of Magic” — 1935 (8-1, six shutouts/outscored opposition 232-44)
Coach of Inaugural Furman Southern Conference Team — 1936 (7-2, 4-1 SoCon)
14-0 Win Over South Carolina — 1932
7-0 WIn Over Clemson — 1932
6-0 Win Over Clemson — 1933
9-0 Win Over Wake Forest — 1935
20-7 Win Over South Carolina — 1935
8-6 Win Over Clemson — 1935
23-6 Win Over South Carolina — 1936
12-0 Win Over Clemson — 1936
12-0 Win Over South Carolina — 1937
20-0 Win Over Georgia — 1939
20-0 Win Over South Carolina — 1939
20-6 Win Over N.C. State — 1940
25-7 Win Over South Carolina — 1940
6-0 Win Over South Carolina — 1942
Greenville News Furman All-Time Team — 1942
Baseball — Pitcher, Head Coach
Four-Year Letterman — 1919-22
All-South Carolina — 1919, ‘20, ‘21, ‘22
South Carolina Champion — 1920 & ‘21
Member of Furman Teams That Defeated Clemson (multiple times), South Carolina (multiple times), N.C. State (multiple times), Florida, and Auburn
Head Coach (Record) — 1928-30, ‘33-35, ‘37-42 (78-81-5)
Coached Furman To Wins Over South Carolina (multiple times), Clemson (multiple times), and Duke 
Basketball — Head Coach (Record) — 1929-33 (69-17, .802)
.802 Winning Percentage (Furman/1st)
Coached Furman To 18 Consecutive Wins — 1929-30 (16-1), 1930-31 (15-2)
Coached Furman To Wins Over Clemson (multiple times), South Carolina (multiple times), Georgia, Wake Forest, Florida
Athletics Director, Furman — 1932-45
Furman Bell Tower Award — 1968
South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame — 1968
Furman Athetic Hall of Fame — 1981 (Charter Member)
Died July 19, 1991

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