Lew Lane | |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1899 |
Birth Place: | St. Marys, Kansas, U.S. |
Death Place: | St. Marys, Kansas, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Creighton University (1924) |
Player Years1: | 1924 |
Player Team1: | Kansas City Blues |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1945 |
Coach Team2: | Washburn |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1942–1945 |
Coach Team4: | Rockhurst |
Coach Years5: | 1947–1949 |
Coach Team5: | Rockhurst |
Overall Record: | 3–1 (football) 31–67 (basketball) |
Lewman Arthur Lane (October 17, 1899 – December 24, 1980) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the 24th head football coach at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, serving for one season, in 1945, and compiling a record of 3–1.[1] [2] He had previously coached at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri before coming to Washburn.[3] He returned there to coach football again in 1947.[4]
Lane was a druggist who managed a family drugstore founded by his father, Daniel J. Lane, in St. Mary's Township, Kansas.[5] He died in 1980.[6]