Axtell Julius Byles (October 1, 1880 – September 28, 1941)[1] was an American college football player and coach, lawyer, and oil business executive.
[2] He served as the co-head football coach at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia with D. M. Balliet in 1903, compiling a record of 4–1.
[3] Byles played football at Princeton University as a fullback.
[4] Byles attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1905.
Byles was hired as general counsel of the Tidewater Oil Company in 1917.