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”’Michael John Dotterer”’ (born December 14, 1960) is a Canadian-born American educator, entrepreneur, and former two-sport athlete who starred at [[Stanford University]] in both football and baseball. He is the only Stanford athlete to have lettered in both sports for four consecutive years, later earning induction into the [[Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame]].<ref name=”StanfordMag2002″>{{cite magazine |last=Krentzman |first=Jackie |date=November–December 2002 |title=And the Band Played On |url=https://stanfordmag.org/contents/and-the-band-played-on |magazine=Stanford Alumni Magazine |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=November 12, 2025}}</ref>

”’Michael John Dotterer”’ (born December 14, 1960) is a Canadian-born American educator, entrepreneur, and former two-sport athlete who starred at [[Stanford University]] in both football and baseball. He is the only Stanford athlete to have lettered in both sports for four consecutive years, later earning induction into the [[Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame]].<ref name=”StanfordMag2002″>{{cite magazine |last=Krentzman |first=Jackie |date=November–December 2002 |title=And the Band Played On |url=https://stanfordmag.org/contents/and-the-band-played-on |magazine=Stanford Alumni Magazine |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=November 12, 2025}}</ref>

American educator, entrepreneur, and former professional football and baseball player

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Mike Dotterer

Position	Running back / Outfielder
Born	(1960-12-14) December 14, 1960 (age 64) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
High school	Edison (Huntington Beach, California)
College	Stanford University

Michael John Dotterer (born December 14, 1960) is a Canadian-born American educator, entrepreneur, and former two-sport athlete who starred at Stanford University in both football and baseball. He is the only Stanford athlete to have lettered in both sports for four consecutive years, later earning induction into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.^[1]

Dotterer was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and lived during his childhood in Syracuse, New York, Rochester, New York, Edina, Minnesota, Orinda, California, Sacramento, California, Reno, Nevada, Santa Ana, California, and Huntington Beach, California. He played for four different High School football teams graduating from Edison High School in Huntington Beach CA, excelling in football, baseball, track and field and was selected by the New York Yankees in the 1979 Major League Baseball draft.^[2]

Dotterer attended Stanford University, where he majored in public policy and later earned a master’s degree from Columbia University in 1986.^[3] He also studied economic history at the London School of Economics during 1989–1990.^[4]

At Stanford, Dotterer played running back under coaches Rod Dowhower, and Paul Wiggin, earning Academic All-American honors. His teammate was John Elway and they both contributed to several historic Big Games, including the 1982 contest that culminated in The Play, where Dotterer had a key 21-yard run to set up Stanford’s go-ahead field goal with eight seconds remaining.^[5]

In baseball, Dotterer was a two-time All-American, and represented both the United States national baseball team and the Canada national baseball team in international competition. He was drafted twice by the Yankees (1979 and 1983) and once by the Oakland Athletics (1982).^[6]

Dotterer was drafted in the 8th round by the Los Angeles Raiders organization and was a member of their 1984 Super Bowl Super Bowl XVIII championship season.^[7] Due to a knee injury his rookie year, he pursued his graduate studies that led to business leadership, education and coaching.

After his athletic career, Dotterer pursued education and community leadership. He has taught marketing, business, and leadership in Syracuse, New York, including at the Promising Futures Leadership Academy.^[8] He is a co-founder of LaunchPoint Academy, an innovative education program in Syracuse designed to prepare students for entrepreneurship and emerging technologies.^[9]

Dotterer also produces media and educational content through the Champions OnTheDot podcast and writes about education reform, sports ethics, and digital innovation.^[10]

Dotterer’s father, Dutch Dotterer, played Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Redlegs and Washington Senators from 1950 to 1962.^[11] His uncle also played professionally. Dotterer divides his time between Upstate New York and Las Vegas.