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Edward Mylin
File:Edward Mylin.jpg
Sport(s)Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born(1894-10-23)October 23, 1894
Leaman Place, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 19, 1975(1975-06-19) (aged 80)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Playing career
Position(s)Quarterback
Head coaching record
Overall99–95–17 (college football)
93–82 (college basketball)
12–27–1 (college baseball)
Bowls1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
4 Middle Three (1937, 1940–1942)
Awards
Football
AFCA Coach of the Year (1937)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1974 (profile)

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 (1923–1933), Bucknell University (1934–1936), Lafayette College (1937–1942, 1946), and New York University (1947–1949), compiling a career college football record of 99–95–17. 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 education[]

Mylin attended Franklin & Marshall College, where he played football as a quarterback, was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity, and graduated in 1916.

Head coaching record[]

College football[]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs AP#
Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen () (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
Lafayette Leopards (Middle Three Conference) (1946)
1946 Lafayette 2–7 1–1 2nd
Lafayette: 36–24–1 10–3–1
NYU Violets (Iindependent) (1947–1949)
1947 NYU 2–5
1948 NYU 3–6
1949 NYU 3–6
NYU: 8–17
Total: 99–95–16
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. #Rankings from final AP Poll.

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