Axtell J. Byles

Axtell Julius Byles (October 1, 1880 – September 28, 1941) was an American college football player and coach, lawyer, and oil business executive. He served as the co-head football coach at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia with D. M. Balliet in 1903, compiling a record of 4–1. Byles played football at Princeton University as a fullback.

Byles attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1905. He practiced law his hometown, Titusville, Pennsylvania, from 1905 to 1917. Byles was hired as general counsel of the Tide Water Oil Company in 1917. He later served as director, vice president, and president of the company. In 1926, the Tide Water Oil Company and the Associated Oil Company became subsidiaries of the new Tide Water Associated Oil Company, and Byles became president of the consolidated firm. From 1933 until his death, he was the president of the American Petroleum Institute. Byles died on September 28, 1941.

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