Sam Boyle

Sam Boyle
	Boyle in 1895
Biographical details
Born	November 28, 1876; Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	October 30, 1923 (aged 46); Rydal, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1894–1897	Penn
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1898	Pittsburgh Athletic Club
1898–1899	VMI
1899	Penn State
1900	Dickinson
Head coaching record
Overall	14–12–1 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	Second-team All-American (1897)

Samuel Alexander Boyle Jr. (November 28, 1876 – October 30, 1923)^[1] was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (1898–1899), Pennsylvania State University (1899), and Dickinson College (1900), compiling a career coaching record of 14–12–1.

Playing career

Boyle played end for the University of Pennsylvania^[2] and was declared a first-team All-American in 1897.^[3]

Boyle was the head football coach at Pennsylvania State University for one season, 1899, compiling a record of 4–6–1.

After one year at Penn State, Boyle became the head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He led the 1900 Dickinson team to a record of 5–4.^[4]^[5]

Boyle continued to work around sports as an athletic official.^[6]^[7] He also worked as a player-coach for the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.^[8]

Boyle died on October 30, 1923, at his home in Rydal, Pennsylvania, after suffering from tuberculosis for more than five years.^[9]^[10]


Year	Team	Overall
VMI Keydets (Independent) (1898–1899)
1898	VMI	4–2
1899	VMI	1–0
VMI:		5–2
Penn State (Independent) (1899)
1899	Penn State	4–6–1
Penn State:		4–6–1
Dickinson Red and White (Independent) (1900)
1900	Dickinson	5–4
Dickinson:		5–4
Total:		14–12–1

^ Alumni File at the University of Pennsylvania Archives
^ Penn Athletics Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine "All-Time Penn Football Honorees"
^ Ivy League Sports Archived February 27, 2005, at the Wayback Machine "University of Pennsylvania Honorees"
^ Centennial Conference Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
^ "The History of Football at Dickinson College, 1885-1969." Gobrecht, Wilbur J., Chambersburg, PA: Kerr Printing Co., 1971.
^ "Decisive Defeat for Haverford" (PDF). The New York Times. October 7, 1901. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
^ "Pennsylvania, 22; Gettysburg, 0" (PDF). The New York Times. October 24, 1901. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
^ The Lafayette Weekly "Football Notes" September 23, 1898
^ "Tuberculosis Kills Samuel A. Boyle, Jr". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1923. p. 24. Retrieved March 25, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Obituary Notes". The Pennsylvania Gazette. 22 (6): 135. November 9, 1923. Retrieved March 25, 2019 – via Google Books.