 Manly at Wooster | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 23, 1903 Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 2, 1970 (aged 67) Plattsburgh, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1921–1924 | Wooster |
| Basketball | |
| c. 1922–1925 | Wooster |
| Track and field | |
| c. 1923–1925 | Wooster |
| Position(s) | Guard, tackle (football) Guard, center (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925 | Tufts (assistant) |
| 1926–1929 | Tufts (line) |
| 1930–1945 | Tufts |
| Basketball | |
| 1927–1934 | Tufts |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 60–48–12 (football) 60–41 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Lewis Frederick Manly (April 23, 1903 – November 2, 1970) was an American athlete, sports coach and professor. He was best known for his time as head football coach at Tufts College (later Tufts University), a position he served in from 1930 to 1945.
From Erie, Pennsylvania, Manly attended the College of Wooster in Ohio, where he tried out for the football team as a freshman, despite having had no prior experience in interscholastic sports. He made the team as a sophomore and became one of their top players, helping them go undefeated in his junior year and being an All-Ohio selection as a senior. He also participated in basketball and track and field at Wooster.
Manly became a teacher and assistant football coach at Tufts in 1925. He became basketball coach in 1927, a position he served in through 1934, finishing with an overall record of 60–41. He added the role of head football coach in 1930. In 16 years as head football coach, he compiled a record of 60–48–12, including an undefeated 8–0 season in 1934, with his 60 wins making him the program's all-time leader. After retiring as football coach, he remained with the school as a professor and the chair of the economics department, until retiring in 1969.