Lew Lane
American football and basketball coach
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Lewman Arthur Lane (October 17, 1899 – December 24, 1980) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the 24th head football coach at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, serving for one season, in 1945, and compiling a record of 3–1.[1][2] He had previously coached at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri before coming to Washburn.[3] He returned there to coach football again in 1947.[4]
BornOctober 17, 1899
St. Marys, Kansas, U.S.
St. Marys, Kansas, U.S.
DiedDecember 24, 1980 (aged 81)
St. Marys, Kansas, U.S.
St. Marys, Kansas, U.S.
AlmamaterCreighton University (1924)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 17, 1899 St. Marys, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | December 24, 1980 (aged 81) St. Marys, Kansas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Creighton University (1924) |
| Playing career | |
| 1924 | Kansas City Blues |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1945 | Washburn |
| Basketball | |
| 1942–1945 | Rockhurst |
| 1947–1949 | Rockhurst |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–1 (football) 31–67 (basketball) |
Lane was a druggist who managed a family drugstore founded by his father, Daniel J. Lane, in St. Mary's Township, Kansas.[5] He died in 1980.[6]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washburn Ichabods (Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1945) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Washburn | 3–1 | |||||||
| Washburn: | 3–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 3–1 | ||||||||
