Art Kahler

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Art Kahler
Coach Arthur D. Kahler
Coach Arthur D. Kahler
College Southwestern College (Kansas)
Sport College football
Basketball
Track and Field
Career highlights
Overall 41-29-6 (football)
Awards
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, 1974[1]
Playing career
1918–1922 Southwestern
Position football, basketball
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946–1947
1947–1948
1935-1941
1931–1938		 Southwestern (football)
Southwestern (basketball)
Dickinson (football)
Brown (basketball)

Arthur D. Kahler (1897–1982) was an American college football and basketball coach. He was listed in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" as only person to coach at two different major colleges at the same time - head basketball coach at Brown University and football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.[2] He later became a coach and Athletic Director at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.

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[edit] Brown University/Dickinson College.

Kahler coached Men's Basketball at Brown University from 1931 to 1938.[3] At the same time, he was head football coach at Dickinson College, even though the schools are over 350 miles apart.[4]. Kahler coached his 100th football victory at Dickinson and also introduced "night football" to the school.[5] He coached at Dickinson college from 1935 to 1941 and posted a record of 27 wins, 25 losses, and 5 ties. He was the 23rd head football coach at Dickinson and is ranked fourth in total wins and 12th in winning percentage. [6]

[edit] Southwestern College

Kahler was the 11th football coach for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders in Winfield, Kansas and held that position two seasons, 1946 and 1947. His overall coaching record at Southwestern was 14 wins, 4 losses, and 1 ties. This ranks him 12th at Southwestern in terms of total wins and 2nd at Southwestern in terms of total winning percentage (as of completion of the 2007 season).[7]

Kahler also served as the Men's Basketball coach at Southwestern for the 1947 and 1948 seasons, with an overal basketball record of 13 wins and 13 losses.[8] He also served as the athletic director of the school as well as coach of the track and field teams.

Southwestern honored the memory of Kahler by naming the football field "Art Kahler Field."[9]

In 1974, Kahler was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
  2. ^ Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
  3. ^ Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Basketball
  4. ^ Driving Directions on Mapquest.com
  5. ^ Albright Notes 2001
  6. ^ http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf
  7. ^ Southwestern College - Winfield, KS
  8. ^ scmbb
  9. ^ Southwestern College - Winfield, KS
  10. ^ Kansas Sports Hall of Fame

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Southwestern College Moundbuilders Head Football Coaches

Thiel • Huston • Love • Armin • Clapp • Bates • Monypenny • Copper • Nolan • Brock • Kahler • Dittman • Hunt • Carroll • Hower • Dvorak • Morrison • Elliott • Buller • Paramore • Hower • Franchione • Cowdrey • Cabell • Lewis • Douglas • Crandall
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Dickinson College Red Devils Head Football Coaches

Stauffer • Boyle • Hutchinson • Hutchins • Craver • Williams • Pipal • Davis • Smith • Gougler • Crooks • Pauxtis • Harrington • Dunn • Killinger • Murphy • Lightner • Johnson • Duffy • Griffith • McCormick • Kahler • James • Ricker • Maze • Ransom • Piez • Seibert • Gobrecht • Erney • Sweeney • Breaux

Dickinson College did not have an official football coach from 1885 to 1895.
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Brown Bears Head Basketball Coaches

Benjamin • Ray • DeWolf • Ahrens • DeWolf • Rackle • Reynolds • Pryor • White • McKay • Pieri • Freeman • Harvey • Snell • Evans • McLaughry • Bond • Kahler • Allen • Dye • Engle • Ewbank • Morris • Ward • Alaimo • Mullaney • Cingiser • Dobbs • Miller • Robinson