Sam Lyle

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Sam Lyle
No. 33
Date of birth (1924-06-18)June 18, 1924
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Place of death Atlanta, Georgia
Career information
Position(s) E
College LSU
NFL draft 1950 / Round: 10 / Pick: 120
Drafted by New York Bulldogs
Career history
As coach
1951–1953 Georgia Tech (ends)
1954–1957 Oklahoma (assistant)
1958 Edmonton Eskimos
1959 Florida (assistant)
1960 South Carolina (assistant HC)

Melvin E. "Sam" Lyle (June 18, 1924 – May 25, 2007) was an American football player, coach, and the founder of the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award.

Playing career

Lyle played end at Louisiana State University from 1947 to 1949. He was the captain of the LSU Tigers 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]

Death

Lyle died of kidney failure on May 25, 2007 in Atlanta.[8]

References

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