Samuel Alexander Boyle Jr. (November 28, 1876 – October 30, 1923)[1] was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (1898–1899), Pennsylvania State University (1899), and Dickinson College (1900), compiling a career coaching record of 14–12–1.
Playing career
Boyle played end for the University of Pennsylvania[2] and was declared a first-team All-American in 1897.[3]
Coaching career
Penn State
Boyle was the head football coach at Pennsylvania State University for one season, 1899, compiling a record of 4–6–1.
Dickinson
After one year at Penn State, Boyle became the head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He led the 1900 Dickinson team to a record of 5–4.[4][5]
Other athletic work
Boyle continued to work around sports as an athletic official.[6][7] He also worked as a player-coach for the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.[8]
Death
Boyle died on October 30, 1923, at his home in Rydal, Pennsylvania, after suffering from tuberculosis for more than five years.[9][10]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMI Keydets (Independent) (1898–1899) | |||||||||
| 1898 | VMI | 4–2 | |||||||
| 1899 | VMI | 1–0 | |||||||
| VMI: | 5–2 | ||||||||
| Penn State (Independent) (1899) | |||||||||
| 1899 | Penn State | 4–6–1 | |||||||
| Penn State: | 4–6–1 | ||||||||
| Dickinson Red and White (Independent) (1900) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Dickinson | 5–4 | |||||||
| Dickinson: | 5–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 14–12–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ Alumni File at the University of Pennsylvania Archives
- ^ Penn Athletics Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine “All-Time Penn Football Honorees”
- ^ Ivy League Sports Archived February 27, 2005, at the Wayback Machine “University of Pennsylvania Honorees”
- ^ Centennial Conference Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine “2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus”
- ^ “The History of Football at Dickinson College, 1885-1969.” Gobrecht, Wilbur J., Chambersburg, PA: Kerr Printing Co., 1971.
- ^ “Decisive Defeat for Haverford” (PDF). The New York Times. October 7, 1901. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ “Pennsylvania, 22; Gettysburg, 0” (PDF). The New York Times. October 24, 1901. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ The Lafayette Weekly “Football Notes” September 23, 1898
- ^ “Tuberculosis Kills Samuel A. Boyle, Jr”. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1923. p. 24. Retrieved March 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ “Obituary Notes”. The Pennsylvania Gazette. 22 (6): 135. November 9, 1923. Retrieved March 25, 2019 – via Google Books.
