Dick Hunter is a former

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player and coach. He played

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for

Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the 10 ...

from 1952 to 1954 under coach

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and later coached under

Bo Schembechler Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler Jr. ( ; April 1, 1929 – November 17, 2006) was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of ...

at both Miami and the

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. He was inducted into the Miami University Hall of Fame in 1993.

Biography

Playing career

Hunter attended

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where he played football for

from 1952 to 1954. He was Miami's starring quarterback in 1953 and 1954. In 1954, Miami won the

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championship, and Hunter was selected as a first-team All-MAC player and led the conference in both passing and punting. Hunter also led Miami to its first-ever victory over a

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school with a touchdown pass to defeat the

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by a 6 to - score in 1954. In naming Hunter as the 1954 All-MAC quarterback, the ''International News Service'' wrote: "The team's quarterback, Hunter, would rate with signal-callers and passers on any conference squad in the country. The 170-pound senior passed for eight touchdowns and scored three himself as he led his mates to one of Miami's greatest seasons. His completion average was close to .600."

Coaching career

In May 1955, Hunter signed a professional contract with the

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of the

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, but he opted instead for a career in coaching. After graduating from Miami in 1955, Hunter spent nearly 20 years as a football coach. He was an assistant football coach at Barberton High School from 1955 to 1958,

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from 1958 to 1961, and

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from 1961 to 1963. In the mid-1960s, he was the head football coach at

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. In 1967, he accepted a position at Miami University as an assistant coach under

. When Schembechler accepted the head coaching job at the

in 1969, Hunter was hired as an assistant coach at Michigan. Hunter served as an assistant football coach at Michigan for three years from 1969 to 1971. Hunter was inducted into the Miami University Hall of Fame in 1993.

References

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