Joseph Keith Lightner (July 25, 1900 – June 6, 1988)[1] was an American football player and coach.
He served as the 18th head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and he held that position for three seasons, from 1923 until 1925.
[3] Lightner took over the second half of the 1923 season after B. Russell Murphy resigned with an 0–2 start.
He also played baseball professionally for the Reading team in the International League from 1921 (as "William Lightner") to 1925.
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