Lysle K. Butler (1903 – July 1973) was an American football, basketball, and tennis coach and college athletics administrator.[1] Butler served as the head football coach at Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana from 1928 to 1929. He spent the next 28 seasons coach at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, where he also served as the head basketball coach in four separate stints.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1903 |
| Died | July 1973 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1924 | Oberlin |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1925 | Oberlin |
| Tennis | |
| c. 1925 | Oberlin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1927 | Ashtabula HS (OH) |
| 1928–1929 | Franklin (IN) |
| 1930–1957 | Oberlin |
| Basketball | |
| 1930–1937 | Oberlin |
| 1940–1941 | Oberlin |
| 1943–1946 | Oberlin |
| 1952–1953 | Oberlin |
| Track | |
| 1926–1928 | Ashtabula HS (OH) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| ?–1970 | Oberlin |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 89–127–20 (college football) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 OAC (1945) | |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Baptists/Grizzlies (Indiana Intercollegiate Conference) (1928–1929) | |||||||||
| 1928 | Franklin | 1–5–2 | |||||||
| 1929 | Franklin | 5–2—1 | |||||||
| Franklin: | 6–7–3 | ||||||||
| Oberlin Yeomen (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1930–1957) | |||||||||
| 1930 | Oberlin | 2–6 | 2–4 | 9th | |||||
| 1931 | Oberlin | 3–4–1 | 2–3 | 13th | |||||
| 1932 | Oberlin | 2–6 | 1–3 | 15th | |||||
| 1933 | Oberlin | 4–4 | 1–3 | 18th | |||||
| 1934 | Oberlin | 2–5–1 | 1–2–1 | 15th | |||||
| 1935 | Oberlin | 3–4–1 | 2–2—1 | T–10th | |||||
| 1936 | Oberlin | 3–5 | 1–3 | T–14th | |||||
| 1937 | Oberlin | 2–3–3 | 1–2–1 | 13th | |||||
| 1938 | Oberlin | 3–4–1 | 1–3 | T–13th | |||||
| 1939 | Oberlin | 3–4–1 | 0–2 | T–17th | |||||
| 1940 | Oberlin | 4–3 | 0–2 | T–16th | |||||
| 1941 | Oberlin | 0–7 | 0–3 | T–16th | |||||
| 1942 | Oberlin | 5–1–1 | 4–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1943 | Oberlin | 7–0–1 | |||||||
| 1944 | Oberlin | 1–6–1 | |||||||
| 1945 | Oberlin | 8–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1946 | Oberlin | 4–2–1 | 1–0 | 3rd | |||||
| 1947 | Oberlin | 3–4–1 | 1–2 | T–13th | |||||
| 1948 | Oberlin | 3–5 | 1–3 | 12th | |||||
| 1949 | Oberlin | 2–6 | 1–5 | 11th | |||||
| 1950 | Oberlin | 7–1 | 3–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1951 | Oberlin | 4–4 | 2–2 | T–6th | |||||
| 1952 | Oberlin | 3–5 | 2–3 | T–8th | |||||
| 1953 | Oberlin | 1–6–1 | 0–5 | T–12th | |||||
| 1954 | Oberlin | 2–5–1 | 2–3 | 9th | |||||
| 1955 | Oberlin | 0–8 | 0–5 | T–12th | |||||
| 1956 | Oberlin | 1–6–1 | 1–4–1 | T–12th | |||||
| 1957 | Oberlin | 1–6–1 | 0–6 | 14th | |||||
| Oberlin: | 83–120–17 | 33–70–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 89–127–20 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Hall of Fame listing" (PDF). NACDA. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Lysle Butler". Oberlin Yeomen. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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