Sport(s) Football Role American football player | Name L. Boynton Overall 17–18–3 Positions Tackle | |
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Born August 12, 1877Whitney Point, New York ( 1877-08-12 ) Died June 19, 1937, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States | ||
Lawrence William "Larry" Boynton (August 12, 1877 – June 19, 1937) was an American football player, coach, collegiate track & field athlete, and lawyer. He served as the head coach at the University of Kansas in 1900, at Sewanee: The University of the South in 1902, and at Washington University in St. Louis from 1903 to 1904, compiling a career college football record of 17–18–3.
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Early life and college career
Boynton was born in Whitney Point, New York on August 12, 1877 to George G. and Eliza Ann (née Boatman) Boynton where he also grew up. He attended Cornell University from 1897 to 1900, graduating with a degree in law. While at Cornell he played on the varsity football team as well as the varsity track & field team. Boynton lettered in track & field in 1899 and 1900 primarily competing in the hammer throw. He had the seventh best throw in the nation in 1900 with a distance of 44.9m in a meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Kansas
Boynton became the head football coach at the University of Kansas the Fall after he graduated from Cornell. He coached the KU football team to a record of 2–5–2 with wins over Ottawa University and the University of South Dakota and ties against Emporia State University and the University of Missouri. He ranks tied for 35th at Kansas in terms of total wins and 32nd at Kansas in terms of winning percentage.
Later life and death
After he finished coaching at Kansas in 1900 he returned to New York state where Boynton married Grace G. Stanton on September 6, 1902, just 2 months before he would head off to coach at Sewanee. He later worked as a lawyer first in New York state starting in 1905 even though he had already passed the New York Bar exam in 1900, then in Florida for 4 years starting in 1926 and then in North Carolina starting in 1929. Boynton died in Cabarrus County, North Carolina at his home in 1937. He was buried back in his hometown of Whitney Point, New York in Riverside Cemetery.