About John Lawther
Lived 1899 – 1996 (aged 97). John Lawther was a basketball coach and university teacher.
John Dobson Lawther (September 19, 1899 – September 21, 1996) was an American football and basketball coach and professor. He was the head basketball coach of Westminster College from 1925 to 1930 and again from 1931 to 1936 and Pennsylvania State University from 1936 to 1949. Lawther guided Penn State to an appearance in the 1942 NCAA basketball tournament. After leaving coaching, Lawther became a professor and athletic administrator at Penn State and became a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Lawther was an alumnus of Westminster College and earned a master's degree from Columbia University.
Head coaching record Football
Basketball
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Who was John Lawther?
American basketball coach (1899–1996)
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John Lawther was born on 19 September 1899.
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John Lawther died on 21 September 1996 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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John Lawther was a basketball coach and university teacher.
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