Deke Edler
American football player and coach (1897–1953)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1897-08-29)August 29, 1897 Galion, Ohio |
Died | June 1, 1953(1953-06-01) (aged 55) Peoria, Illinois |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1919–1922 | Ohio Wesleyan |
1923 | Cleveland Indians |
Position(s) | Halfback, wingback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1928 | Heidelberg (assistant) |
1929–1934 | Otterbein |
Basketball | |
1925–1928 | Otterbein |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 21–24–4 (football) 21–15 (basketball) |
Robert Karl "Deke" Edler (August 29, 1897 – June 1, 1953) was an American football player and coach.[1] He played for one season for the Cleveland Indians of the National Football League (NFL), in 1923.[2] Edler served as the head football coach at Otterbein College—now known as Otterbein University—from 1929 to 1934, compiling a record of 21–24–4.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Otterbein Cardinals (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1929–1934) | |||||||||
1929 | Otterbein | 3–5 | 3–5 | 12th | |||||
1930 | Otterbein | 4–3–1 | 3–2 | 5th | |||||
1931 | Otterbein | 5–3 | 5–1 | 4th | |||||
1932 | Otterbein | 4–2–2 | 4–2–2 | 7th | |||||
1933 | Otterbein | 3–4–1 | 3–3–1 | T–9th | |||||
1934 | Otterbein | 2–7 | 2–4 | T–16th | |||||
Otterbein: | 21–24–4 | 20–17–3 | |||||||
Total: | 21–24–1 |
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Deke Edler at Find a Grave
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Otterbein Cardinals head football coaches
- Abraham L. Artz (1891)
- No coach (1892)
- Carl Semple (1893)
- Holly Farrar (1894)
- Ernest Barnard (1895)
- Charles H. Pillsbury (1897)
- No coach (1898–1899)
- John Harrison Flowers (1900)
- Edward C. Wainright (1901–1902)
- Hersey R. Keene (1903–1904)
- Emory O. Beane (1905)
- John Emanuel Kalmbach (1906)
- Edward A. Werner (1907–1908)
- Albert Exendine (1909–1911)
- William Jennings Gardner (1912)
- Royal F. Martin (1913–1915)
- Harold Iddings (1916)
- Frank Gorton (1917)
- Harry P. Swain (1918)
- Ray E. Watts (1919)
- Merlin A. Ditmer (1920–1926)
- Alfred B. Sears (1927–1928)
- Deke Edler (1929–1934)
- Harry W. Ewing (1935–1938)
- Sam T. Selby (1939–1941)
- Harry W. Ewing (1942–1945)
- George Novotny (1946–1950)
- Harry W. Ewing (1951–1954)
- Bob Agler (1955–1965)
- Larry Lintner (1966–1969)
- Bob Agler (1970–1974)
- Rich Seils (1975–1984)
- Bob Shaw (1985–1987)
- Mark Asher (1988–1990)
- John Hussey (1991–1994)
- Wally Hood (1995–2000)
- Paul Alt (2001–2002)
- Joe Loth (2003–2011)
- Tim Doup (2012–2022)
- Tommy Zagorski (2023)
- Jake Schaefer # (2024– )
# denotes interim head coach