- Art Kahler
College coach infobox
Name = Art Kahler
Caption = Coach Arthur D. Kahler
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Sport =College football Basketball
Track and Field
College =Southwestern College (Kansas)
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OverallRecord = 41-29-6 (football)
Awards = Kansas Sports Hall of Fame,1974 [http://www.kshof.org/hof-profiles.cfm?record_id=25 Kansas Sports Hall of Fame ] ]
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Player = trigger
Years = 1918–1922
Team = Southwestern
Position = football, basketball
Coach = Trigger
CoachYears = 1946–1947
1947–1948
1935-1941
1931–1938
CoachTeams = Southwestern (football)
Southwestern (basketball)
Dickinson (football)
Brown (basketball)
FootballHOF =Arthur D. Kahler (1897–1982) was an American
college football andbasketball coach. He was listed in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" as only person to coach at two different major colleges at the same time - head basketball coach atBrown University and football coach atDickinson College inCarlisle, Pennsylvania . He later became a coach and Athletic Director at Southwestern College inWinfield, Kansas .Brown University/Dickinson College.
Kahler coached Men's Basketball at
Brown University from 1931 to 1938. [ [http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/Databases/Encyclopedia/search.php?serial=B0100 Encyclopedia Brunoniana | Basketball ] ] At the same time, he was head football coach atDickinson College , [ [http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf Centennial Conference] "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"] even though the schools are over 350 miles apart. [ [http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?2ct=NA&mo=ma&un=m&go=1&1ffi=1&1a=1+Prospect+St&1c=Providence&1pl=401-863-2234&1qc=%28All%29+Lawyers&1pn=Brown+University&1g=yfnSrL5oklthPMnQU4jBBQ%253d%253d&2a=College+St+%26+High+St&1l=bUIs1x4dvoBP2qu2zYbNww%253d%253d&2c=Carlisle&cl=EN&2ffi=1&1qn=brown+university&2g=QmuMk6LLSSdZRPAAACqvcA%253d%253d&qq=XdcTfhe4RRVLsI0GT2xIgHKHRJo5%252bDkW5rddgqxNrdTyz50d6F61tyarE%252bcc5Mg15dM74uIeDpfo6%252brGOmsOQwBsEXdQx8pOPk5AEbSo9vgVzbOgaJpTf1bGFpTt74a0CqRGw7P3Rt2CZEj2R7t41lfGAHYBchYbc9LSTxgkAGTse1Ec7ItmEYDkhFv7a%252bRLemntL3b%252fazCzphuiC7B80yGbkwhnx6kl40oguebbOp%252bjnoPVZvDq78b%252f9mBY%252fPXHcOZwerJxSHihRxToOpTwqjResEYW5Yj%252bqLKj2%252f%252fFDU7au1SRHS6yiG0jBWLq51qQZfyXMxq30LICc2knurnCdjR7rLeIN%252f28WojPAEU6T8yrDpO6Ai%252b9Y%252fAuzMmzGzenh9fg9oqdDx0Qsoiw3qfk4FFpY1a98hDB7SVM0l8p5C7QtafHhiGA03Yc24cUtNmXwmQNGU2eJ9G0AkTzLZIq10Iwc3SyR6XR%252brZ6rNuJXrqTAiNtpZjXOQmf4EHYHuCyFJMOaRNwYIVMxxQdjVGxdYsUDIN%252b5fsoWKrk400Mn7afHTcw%252fI2CcYiDLbPX4ie81ycS3SnOgK%252bX4LYus%252fRyre8ePYW60zkdWWEZIMkLcGRT%252bBOKlgpFpCDpkUV%252f%252bnBWOPUlKp27tkMeLj%252bd1lg5xukSLMpMbeoFad1Q0PRyQTxDhDKJMnMOeYy2hgBXtGXY7B5TkJ7lxm%252bXe%252feheoDz0w%253d%253d&1s=RI&2pl=717-245-1231&2qc=Colleges+%26+Universities&2l=bHCRMKANEHrSGRXritTSIw%253d%253d&ct=NA&1v=ADDRESS&2pn=Dickinson+College&q=brown+university&1y=US&1z=02912&2s=PA&2v=ADDRESS&did=1197307637&2qn=dickinson+college&2y=US&2z=17013&rsres=1&do=nw&r=s Driving Directions on Mapquest.com] ] . Kahler coached his 100th football victory at Dickinson and also introduced night football to the school. [ [http://alpha.dickinson.edu/departments/sports/albrightnotes01.htm Albright Notes 2001 ] ] He coached at Dickinson college from 1935 to 1941 and posted a record of 27 wins, 25 losses, and 5 ties. He was the 23rd head football coach at Dickinson and is ranked fourth in total wins and 12th in winning percentage. [http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf]outhwestern College
Kahler was the 11th football coach for the
Southwestern College Moundbuilders inWinfield, Kansas and held that position two seasons, 1946 and 1947. His overall coaching record at Southwestern was 14 wins, 4 losses, and 1 ties. This ranks him 12th at Southwestern in terms of total wins and 2nd at Southwestern in terms of total winning percentage (as of completion of the 2007 season). [ [http://www.sckans.edu/football/index.php?page_ID=562 Southwestern College - Winfield, KS ] ]Kahler also served as the Men's
Basketball coach at Southwestern for the 1947 and 1948 seasons, with an overal basketball record of 13 wins and 13 losses. [ [http://www.hovpen.com/sc/scmbb.html scmbb ] ] He also served as the athletic director of the school as well as coach of the track and field teams.Southwestern honored the memory of Kahler by naming the football field "Art Kahler Field." [ [http://www.sckans.edu/football/index.php?page_ID=564 Southwestern College - Winfield, KS ] ]
In 1974, Kahler was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
References
External links
* [http://www.sckans.edu/football/ Southwestern College] official football team site
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