Lloyd Pixley

Lloyd A. "Butch" Pixley (c. 1900 − July 30, 1954) was an American football player. A native of Columbus, Ohio, he played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes at the guard position in 1918, 1919, 1921, and 1922.

Under wartime S.A.T.C. rules,^[1] Pixley was eligible to play as a freshman on the 1918 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.^[2] As a sophomore in 1919, Pixley was selected by Dick Jemison as a first-team All-American.^[3] That year, he was also selected by Frank G. Menke as a first-team player on the 1919 All-Western college football team.^[4] He was also a consensus first-team player on the 1919 All-Big Ten Conference football team.^[4]

In 1920, Pixley attended Princeton University, but he did not play football that year.^[2]

Pixley returned to Ohio State in 1921.^[5] That fall, he was selected as a first-team All-American by Norman E. Brown of the Central Press Association.^[6] He was also selected by Collier's Weekly as a first-team player on the 1921 All-Western college football team.^[7] He was also a consensus first-team player on the 1921 All-Big Ten Conference football team.^[8][9][10]

As a senior, Pixley served as the captain of the 1922 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, the first Ohio State team to play in the newly completed Ohio Stadium.^[11][12] At the end of the 1922 season, he was selected as a first-team All-American by the New York Tribune and a second-team All-American by Frank G. Menke.^[13][14] He was also selected by some as a first-team player on the 1922 All-Big Ten Conference football team.^[15][16]

Pixley later became a part owner of WLOK radio in Lima, Ohio, and helped establish WLOK-TV (now known as WLIO). He also owned the Brightman Nut Manufacturing Company in Columbus. He died at University Hospital in Columbus in 1954 at age 54.^[11]