Joseph Lightner

Joseph Lightner
Sport(s) College football
Current position
Team Dickinson College
Biographical details
Born July 25, 1900[1]
Marysville, Pennsylvania
Died June 6, 1988 (aged 87)
Middletown, Pennsylvania
Playing career
Penn State
Position(s) Halfback, Kicker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1923–1925 Dickinson
Head coaching record
Overall 17–7–2

Joseph Keith Lightner (July 25, 1900 – June 6, 1988) was the 18th head football coach for the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for three seasons, from 1923 until 1925.[2] His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 17 wins, 7 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him ninth at Dickinson in terms of total wins and second at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage.[3]

Lightner took over the second half of the 1923 season after B. Russell Murphy resigned with an 0-2 start.[4]

Professional athlete

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 in the International League.[5]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Centennial Conference "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
  3. ↑ http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf
  4. ↑ Dickinson College Football Records
  5. ↑ Gobrecht, Wilbur J. (1971). The History of Football at Dickinson College 1885-1969. Chambersburg, PA: The Kerr Printing Co. p. 151.