Lloyd A. "Butch" Pixley (c. 1900 − July 30, 1954) was an

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player. A native of

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, he played

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for the

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at the guard position in 1918, 1919, 1921, and 1922. Under wartime S.A.T.C. rules, Pixley was eligible to play as a freshman on the

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. As a sophomore in 1919, Pixley was selected by

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as a first-team All-American. That year, he was also selected by

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as a first-team player on the

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. He was also a consensus first-team player on the 1919 All-Big Ten Conference football team. In 1920, Pixley attended

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, but he did not play football that year. Pixley returned to Ohio State in 1921. That fall, he was selected as a first-team All-American by

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of the

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. He was also selected by '' Collier's Weekly'' as a first-team player on the

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. He was also a consensus first-team player on the 1921 All-Big Ten Conference football team. As a senior, Pixley served as the captain of the

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, the first Ohio State team to play in the newly completed

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. At the end of the 1922 season, he was selected as a first-team All-American by the ''

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'' and a second-team All-American by

. He was also selected by some as a first-team player on the

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. Pixley later became a part owner of the WLOK radio and television stations in

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. He also owned the Brightman Nut Manufacturing Company in Columbus. He died at University Hospital in Columbus in 1954 at age 54.

References

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