Luther Burleson | |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1880 |
Birth Place: | Buffalo, Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Stephenville, Texas, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Team2: | Trinity (TX) |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | c. 1900 |
Player Team4: | Trinity (TX) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1907 |
Coach Team2: | Baylor |
Coach Years3: | 1909 |
Coach Team3: | Daniel Baker |
Coach Years4: | 1913 |
Coach Team4: | Trinity (TX) |
Coach Years5: | 1918 |
Coach Team5: | Trinity (TX) |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1906–1908 |
Coach Team7: | Baylor |
Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
Coach Years9: | 1906–1908 |
Coach Team9: | Baylor |
Admin Years1: | 1907–1908 |
Admin Team1: | Baylor |
Overall Record: | 4–3–1 (football, Baylor only) 10–9 (basketball) 25–34 (baseball) |
Luther Franklin Burleson (November 16, 1880 – November 17, 1924) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the seventh head football coach at Baylor University, coaching one season in 1907 and compiling a record of 4–3–1. Burleson was also the first head basketball coach at Baylor, coaching two seasons from 1906 to 1908 and tallying a mark of 10–9. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Baylor for three seasons, coaching from 1906 to 1908 and amassing a record of 25–34.
Burleson was also the head football coach at Daniel Baker College in Brownwood, Texas in 1909 and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas in 1913 and 1918.[1] [2] Burleson played football and baseball at Trinity.[3]