Robert Charles Dawson (February 4, 1932 – December 10, 2017) was a former Canadian Football League player and a Grey cup champion.
Dawson was a standout junior player with the Windsor AKO Fratmen team, winners of the 1952 national junior championship (the "Little Grey Cup") in a 15–12 victory over the Edmonton Wildcats.
[1] Several CFL teams were bidding for his services, but he chose the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, with whom he'd have a 7-season career.
Primarily a defensive back, he made five interceptions in his career, and he could substitute on offense, catching 11 passes in 1956.
On October 20, 1956, the Cats were suffering a record setting defeat to the Montreal Alouettes, 82–14, when coach Jim Trimble replaced starting quarterback Tony Curcillo.