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Lysle K. Butler
Biographical details
Born1903
DiedJuly 1973
Playing career
Football
c. 1924Oberlin
Basketball
c. 1925Oberlin
Tennis
c. 1925Oberlin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1926–1927Ashtabula HS (OH)
1928–1929Franklin (IN)
1930–1957Oberlin
Basketball
1930–1937Oberlin
1940–1941Oberlin
1943–1946Oberlin
1952–1953Oberlin
Track
1926–1928Ashtabula HS (OH)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
?–1970Oberlin
Head coaching record
Overall89–127–20 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 OAC (1945)

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]

Head coaching record

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College football

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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

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  1. ^ "Hall of Fame listing" (PDF). NACDA. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Lysle Butler". Oberlin Yeomen. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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