Edward Mylin | |
Birth Date: | 23 October 1894 |
Birth Place: | Leaman Place, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1910s |
Player Team2: | Franklin & Marshall |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1919 |
Coach Team2: | Massanutten Military (VA) |
Coach Years3: | early 1920s |
Coach Team3: | Iowa State (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1923–1933 |
Coach Team4: | Lebanon Valley |
Coach Years5: | 1934–1936 |
Coach Team5: | Bucknell |
Coach Years6: | 1937–1942 |
Coach Team6: | Lafayette |
Coach Years7: | 1945 |
Coach Team7: | Camp Lee |
Coach Years8: | 1946 |
Coach Team8: | Lafayette |
Coach Years9: | 1947–1949 |
Coach Team9: | NYU |
Coach Sport10: | Basketball |
Coach Years11: | 1923–1934 |
Coach Team11: | Lebanon Valley |
Coach Sport12: | Baseball |
Coach Years13: | 1935–1937 |
Coach Team13: | Bucknell |
Overall Record: | 106–99–17 (college football) 93–82 (college basketball) 12–27–1 (college baseball) |
Bowl Record: | 1–0 |
Championships: | Football 4 Middle Three (1937, 1940–1942) |
Awards: | Football AFCA Coach of the Year (1937) |
Cfbhof Year: | 1974 |
Cfbhof Id: | 1462 |
Edward Everett "Hook" Mylin (October 23, 1894 – June 19, 1975) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head coach at Lebanon Valley College from 1923 to 1933, Bucknell University from 1934 to 1936, Lafayette College from 1937 to 1942 and again in 1946, and New York University (NYU) from 1947 to 1949. Mylin was also the head basketball coach at Lebanon Valley from 1923 to 1934 and the head baseball coach at Bucknell from 1935 to 1937. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1974.
Mylin attended Franklin & Marshall College, where he played football as a quarterback and was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity before graduating in 1916. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Army during World War I and was wounded in France.[1]