John Dixon Bridgers II, 84, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died Friday, November 24, 2006, of congestive heart failure. Services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 29, at The Cathedral Church of St. John. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Park with military honors. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, December 3, at Baylor University, Truett Seminary, Paul W. Powell Chapel, Waco. Arrangements by French Mortuary, Albuquerque, N.M.
John was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and was a graduate of Auburn University with a degree in business administration.
His first coaching job was during the Korean War with the 1st Artillery.
He coached at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., and then for the Baltimore Colts as a defensive line coach, during the first NFL playoff in 1958 where the Colts won in overtime. John later coached and was the athletic director at Baylor University in Waco, until 1968.
In 1969 he was hired by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an offensive backfield coach during Chuck Knoll's first year. He went to the University of South Carolina in 1970 as offensive coordinator and then to Florida State University as athletic director in 1974. There he hired Bobby Bowden as a head football coach who later won an NCAA National Championship.
John moved to the University of New Mexico, as Athletic Director in 1979, when the Lobogate scandal was breaking and remained for eight years. In 1991 he was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1999, and into the Florida State University Hall of Fame. John was a loving father and grandfather, devoted husband, and a mentor to his many football players. He maintained his many friendships as an avid golfer.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Young Bridgers; daughter, Cindy Stewart; and brothers, Frank Bridgers and Bill Bridgers.
He is survived by his two sons, John Dixon Bridgers, III and wife, Anne, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Donald Hamilton Bridgers and wife, Janet, of Albuquerque; grandchildren, Jenny, Penny and Missy, of Waco, Blake, Ashley, Leslie, and Lucy, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Daniel and Aaron, of Albuquerque, N.M.; several great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 11/29/2006
John was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and was a graduate of Auburn University with a degree in business administration.
His first coaching job was during the Korean War with the 1st Artillery.
He coached at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., and then for the Baltimore Colts as a defensive line coach, during the first NFL playoff in 1958 where the Colts won in overtime. John later coached and was the athletic director at Baylor University in Waco, until 1968.
In 1969 he was hired by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an offensive backfield coach during Chuck Knoll's first year. He went to the University of South Carolina in 1970 as offensive coordinator and then to Florida State University as athletic director in 1974. There he hired Bobby Bowden as a head football coach who later won an NCAA National Championship.
John moved to the University of New Mexico, as Athletic Director in 1979, when the Lobogate scandal was breaking and remained for eight years. In 1991 he was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1999, and into the Florida State University Hall of Fame. John was a loving father and grandfather, devoted husband, and a mentor to his many football players. He maintained his many friendships as an avid golfer.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Young Bridgers; daughter, Cindy Stewart; and brothers, Frank Bridgers and Bill Bridgers.
He is survived by his two sons, John Dixon Bridgers, III and wife, Anne, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Donald Hamilton Bridgers and wife, Janet, of Albuquerque; grandchildren, Jenny, Penny and Missy, of Waco, Blake, Ashley, Leslie, and Lucy, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Daniel and Aaron, of Albuquerque, N.M.; several great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 11/29/2006
John Dixon Bridgers II, 84, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died Friday, November 24, 2006, of congestive heart failure. Services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 29, at The Cathedral Church of St. John. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Park with military honors. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, December 3, at Baylor University, Truett Seminary, Paul W. Powell Chapel, Waco. Arrangements by French Mortuary, Albuquerque, N.M.
John was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and was a graduate of Auburn University with a degree in business administration.
His first coaching job was during the Korean War with the 1st Artillery.
He coached at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., and then for the Baltimore Colts as a defensive line coach, during the first NFL playoff in 1958 where the Colts won in overtime. John later coached and was the athletic director at Baylor University in Waco, until 1968.
In 1969 he was hired by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an offensive backfield coach during Chuck Knoll's first year. He went to the University of South Carolina in 1970 as offensive coordinator and then to Florida State University as athletic director in 1974. There he hired Bobby Bowden as a head football coach who later won an NCAA National Championship.
John moved to the University of New Mexico, as Athletic Director in 1979, when the Lobogate scandal was breaking and remained for eight years. In 1991 he was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1999, and into the Florida State University Hall of Fame. John was a loving father and grandfather, devoted husband, and a mentor to his many football players. He maintained his many friendships as an avid golfer.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Young Bridgers; daughter, Cindy Stewart; and brothers, Frank Bridgers and Bill Bridgers.
He is survived by his two sons, John Dixon Bridgers, III and wife, Anne, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Donald Hamilton Bridgers and wife, Janet, of Albuquerque; grandchildren, Jenny, Penny and Missy, of Waco, Blake, Ashley, Leslie, and Lucy, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Daniel and Aaron, of Albuquerque, N.M.; several great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 11/29/2006
John was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and was a graduate of Auburn University with a degree in business administration.
His first coaching job was during the Korean War with the 1st Artillery.
He coached at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., and then for the Baltimore Colts as a defensive line coach, during the first NFL playoff in 1958 where the Colts won in overtime. John later coached and was the athletic director at Baylor University in Waco, until 1968.
In 1969 he was hired by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an offensive backfield coach during Chuck Knoll's first year. He went to the University of South Carolina in 1970 as offensive coordinator and then to Florida State University as athletic director in 1974. There he hired Bobby Bowden as a head football coach who later won an NCAA National Championship.
John moved to the University of New Mexico, as Athletic Director in 1979, when the Lobogate scandal was breaking and remained for eight years. In 1991 he was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1999, and into the Florida State University Hall of Fame. John was a loving father and grandfather, devoted husband, and a mentor to his many football players. He maintained his many friendships as an avid golfer.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Young Bridgers; daughter, Cindy Stewart; and brothers, Frank Bridgers and Bill Bridgers.
He is survived by his two sons, John Dixon Bridgers, III and wife, Anne, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Donald Hamilton Bridgers and wife, Janet, of Albuquerque; grandchildren, Jenny, Penny and Missy, of Waco, Blake, Ashley, Leslie, and Lucy, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Daniel and Aaron, of Albuquerque, N.M.; several great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 11/29/2006
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