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.
Playing career and military service
Mylin attended Franklin & Marshall College, where he played football as a quarterback and was a member of 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]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen (Independent) (1923–1933) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Lebanon Valley | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Lebanon Valley | 5–2–2 | |||||||
| 1925 | Lebanon Valley | 2–3–3 | |||||||
| 1926 | Lebanon Valley | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1927 | Lebanon Valley | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1928 | Lebanon Valley | 2–5–2 | |||||||
| 1929 | Lebanon Valley | 2–6–1 | |||||||
| 1930 | Lebanon Valley | 4–6 | |||||||
| 1931 | Lebanon Valley | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1932 | Lebanon Valley | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1933 | Lebanon Valley | 5–2–2 | |||||||
| Lebanon Valley: | 38–45–12 | ||||||||
| Bucknell Bison (Independent) (1934–1936) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Bucknell | 7–2–2 | W Orange | ||||||
| 1935 | Bucknell | 6–3 | |||||||
| 1936 | Bucknell | 4–4–1 | |||||||
| Bucknell: | 17–9–3 | ||||||||
| Lafayette Leopards (Middle Three Conference) (1937–1942) | |||||||||
| 1937 | Lafayette | 8–0 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1938 | Lafayette | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1939 | Lafayette | 4–5 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1940 | Lafayette | 9–0 | 2–0 | 1st | 19 | ||||
| 1941 | Lafayette | 5–4 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1942 | Lafayette | 3–5–1 | 1–0–1 | T–1st | |||||
| Camp Lee Travellers (Independent) (1945) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Camp Lee | 7–4 | |||||||
| Camp Lee: | 7–4 | ||||||||
| Lafayette Leopards (Middle Three Conference) (1946) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Lafayette | 2–7 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Lafayette: | 36–24–1 | 10–3–1 | |||||||
| NYU Violets (Independent) (1947–1949) | |||||||||
| 1947 | NYU | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1948 | NYU | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1949 | NYU | 3–6 | |||||||
| NYU: | 8–17–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 106–99–17 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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References
- ^ "Edward Mylin; Lancaster". The Ephrata Review. Ephrata, Pennsylvania. June 26, 1975. p. 9. Retrieved September 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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