Lester Leitl | |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1899 |
Birth Place: | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1919–1921 |
Player Team2: | Wisconsin–Oshkosh |
Player Years3: | 1924–1926 |
Player Team3: | Wisconsin |
Player Positions: | Tackle |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1927–1963 |
Coach Team2: | Wisconsin–Platteville |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1930–1943 |
Coach Team4: | Wisconsin–Platteville |
Admin Years1: | 1927–1964 |
Admin Team1: | Wisconsin–Platteville |
Overall Record: | 88–99–15 (football) 48–98 (basketball) |
Awards: | Wisconsin–Oshkosh Hall of Fame (1975) |
Lester J. "Butch" Leitl (August 19, 1899 – October 14, 1980) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville from 1927 to 1963, compiling a record of 88–99–15.[1]
Leitl was inducted into the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh athletics Hall of Fame in 1975 as an athlete.[2] He died on October 14, 1980, at a hospital in Dubuque, Iowa.[3]