Biographical details | |
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Born | Marysville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | July 25, 1900
Died | June 6, 1988 Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 87)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1920–1921 | Penn State |
1922 | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
Baseball | |
1919–1922 | Penn State |
1923–1924 | Reading Keystones |
1926 | Harrisburg Senators |
Position(s) |
Halfback (football) Outfielder (baseball) |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1923–1925 | Dickinson |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 17–7–2 |
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]
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]
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Marysville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | July 25, 1900
Died | June 6, 1988 Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 87)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1920–1921 | Penn State |
1922 | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
Baseball | |
1919–1922 | Penn State |
1923–1924 | Reading Keystones |
1926 | Harrisburg Senators |
Position(s) |
Halfback (football) Outfielder (baseball) |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1923–1925 | Dickinson |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 17–7–2 |
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]
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]
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