Mansfield Athletics

Inducted into the Mansfield University Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001, Dowd was a four-year letter winner for the football team and a two-year letter winner for the baseball team. Dowd was the only freshman to letter on the undefeated 1938 state championship football team. A quarterback, running back and place kicker on the football team, Dowd served as a team co-captain in 1941.