Lysle K. Butler

Lysle K. Butler

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)

Lysle K. Butler (1903 – July 1973) was an American football, basketball, and tennis coach and college athletics administrator. 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.

Head coaching record

College football

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

External links

• Lysle K. Butler at Find a Grave