Joseph Lightner

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Name = Joseph Lightner


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Sport = College football
College = Dickinson College
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Coach = Trigger
CoachYears = 1923-1925
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Joseph Lightner 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. [ [http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf Centennial Conference] "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"] 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. [http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf]

Lightner took over the second half of the 1923 season after Russell Murphyresigned with an 0-2 start. [ [http://www.dickinson.edu/sports/statistics/mfb/dcfbguide08a.pdf Dickinson College Football Records] ]

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