dale fike dodrill (february 27, 1926 – january 18, 2019) was an american football defensive tackle. he played nine seasons for the pittsburgh steelers from 1951 to 1959. he was born in stockton, kansas and studied at colorado state university. in 1961, dodrill started dodrill insurance in denver, colorado. after building a successful business, dodrill sold dodrill insurance to his sons in 1991.