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Lysle K. Butler
Biographical details
Born1903
Died(1973-07-06)July 6, 1973
Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.
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)
1954–1969Oberlin
Head coaching record
Overall89–127–20 (college football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
2 OAC (1943, 1945)

Lysle K. Butler (1903 – July 6, 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]

Butler died on July 6, 1973.[3]

Head coaching record

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College football

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Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding 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 2–62–49th
1931 Oberlin 3–4–12–313th
1932 Oberlin 2–61–315th
1933 Oberlin 4–42–3T–13th
1934 Oberlin 2–5–11–3–119th
1935 Oberlin 3–4–12–2–1T–9th
1936 Oberlin 3–51–4T–18th
1937 Oberlin 2–3–31–3–115th
1938 Oberlin 3–4–11–4T–14th
1939 Oberlin 3–4–10–3T–18th
1940 Oberlin 4–30–3T–18th
1941 Oberlin 0–70–4T–18th
1942 Oberlin 5–1–12–1T–5th
1943 Oberlin 7–0–14–01st
1944 Oberlin 1–6–1
1945 Oberlin 8–03–01st
1946 Oberlin 4–2–11–03rd
1947 Oberlin 3–4–11–2T–13th
1948 Oberlin 3–51–312th
1949 Oberlin 2–61–511th
1950 Oberlin 7–13–1T–3rd
1951 Oberlin 4–42–2T–6th
1952 Oberlin 3–52–3T–8th
1953 Oberlin 1–6–10–5T–12th
1954 Oberlin 2–5–12–39th
1955 Oberlin 0–80–5T–12th
1956 Oberlin 1–6–11–4–1T–12th
1957 Oberlin 1–6–10–614th
Oberlin: 83–120–1736–79–4
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.
  3. ↑ "L. K. Butler Dead; Ex-Oberlin A.D." The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. July 9, 1973. p. 6D. Retrieved November 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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