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South Carolina Football: King Dixon passes away from pancreatic cancer

A South Carolina Gamecocks football before their game. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

Former South Carolina football player and athletic director King Dixon passed away earlier this week after battling pancreatic cancer.

Former Gamecock running back King Dixon lost a bout with pancreatic cancer on Monday, passing away at the age of 83. Dixon was a team captain on the 1958 South Carolina football team that finished 7-3 and ranked 15th in the country.

Over his three-year career with the Gamecocks between ’56-’58, Dixon racked up 1,250 rushing yards and scored 11 touchdowns. He was an all-conference selection who twice finished among the ACC’s top five scorers (’57, ’58).