Joseph Lightner
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 25, 1900 Marysville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 1988 (aged 87) Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1920–1921 | Penn State |
| 1922 | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
| Baseball | |
| 1919–1922 | Penn State |
| 1923–1924 | Reading Keystones |
| 1926 | Harrisburg Senators |
| Positions | Halfback (football) Outfielder (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1923–1925 | Dickinson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 17–7–2 |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Joseph Keith Lightner (July 25, 1900 – June 6, 1988)[1] was an American football player and coach. He served as the 18th head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for three seasons, from 1923 until 1925.[2] His record at Dickinson was 17–7–2.[3] Lightner took over the second half of the 1923 season after B. Russell Murphy resigned with an 0–2 start.[4]
Professional athlete
[edit | edit source]Lightner played football professionally in 1922 for the Frankford Yellow Jackets before the team joined the National Football League. He also played baseball professionally for the Reading team in the International League from 1921 (as "William Lightner") to 1925.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/u/t/Diana-Sutor-Greenwood/GENE2-0180.html [user-generated source]
- ^ Centennial Conference Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Dickinson College Football Records[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- 1900 births
- 1988 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- Baseball outfielders
- Dickinson Red Devils football coaches
- Frankford Yellow Jackets players
- Harrisburg Senators players
- Penn State Nittany Lions baseball players
- Penn State Nittany Lions football players
- Reading Keystones players
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania
- Baseball players from Perry County, Pennsylvania
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1920s stubs