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Sam Lyle Date of death: May 25, 2007 Place of death: Atlanta, Georgia Career information Position(s): E College: LSU NFL Draft: 1950 / Round: 10 / Pick: 120 Drafted by: New York Bulldogs Organizations As coach: 1951-1953
1954-1957
1958
1959
1960Georgia Tech (Ends)
Oklahoma (Asst.)
Edmonton Eskimos
Florida (Asst.)
South Carolina (Asst. HC)Melvin E. "Sam" Lyle (died May 25, 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia) was an American football player, coach, and the founder of the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.
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Playing career
Lyle played End at LSU from 1947-1949. He was the captain of the Tiger team that played in the 1950 Sugar Bowl.[1] He was drafted by the New York Bulldogs in the tenth round of the 1950 NFL Draft.[2]
Coaching career
Lyle began his coaching career in 1951 as the ends coach at Georgia Tech under Bobby Dodd.[3] He was an assistant on the Yellow Jacket teams that won the 1952 Orange Bowl and the 1953 and 1954 Sugar Bowls. In 1954 he moved to Oklahoma, where he was an assistant under future College Football Hall of Famer Bud Wilkinson.[4] In his second and third seasons at Oklahoma, the Sooners won the College football national championship.
In 1958, Lyle succeeded another former Oklahoma assistant, Pop Ivy, as head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos. He resigned after only one season and returned to college football as an assistant at Florida.[5]
Bobby Dodd Award
In 1976, Lyle created the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.[6] The award, named after former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Dodd, is an awarded annually to the college football head coach whose team excels on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. Lyle also served as the chairman of the executive committee of the American Sportsmanship Council, the group who sponsored the Bobby Dodd Award.[7]
Lyle died of kidney failure on May 25, 2007 in Atlanta.[8]
References
- ^ Gettysburg Times. August 16, 1951. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=taElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1960,926986&dq. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=3663957
- ^ Gettysburg Times. August 16, 1951. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=taElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1960,926986&dq. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ "Lyle Joins Wilkerson". AP. March 30, 1954. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z3QxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yA8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=963,102262&dq. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ "New Mission For Gator 3rd Team". AP. September 1, 1959. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZFcrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8JwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3920,103960&dq. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ "SANDY SPRINGS: Sam Lyle, creator of award for college football coaches". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. May 30, 2007.
- ^ "Edwards 'Bobby Dodd Coach of Year'". AP. December 16, 1979. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JoUwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pfoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5291,261962&dq. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ "SANDY SPRINGS: Sam Lyle, creator of award for college football coaches". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. May 30, 2007.
Categories:- 2007 deaths
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