{{Short description|American football player and coach (1890–1945)}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox college coach | name = A. G. Scanlan | image = Arthur G Scanlon Purdue.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|8|16}} | birth_place = [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|7|8|1890|8|16}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1912–1913 | player_team1 = [[Chicago Maroons football|Chicago]] | player_positions = | coach_years1 = 1918–1920 | coach_team1 = [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] | overall_record = 7–12–1 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = 1 [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] (1918) | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Arthur Garrett''' "'''Butch'''" '''Scanlan''' (August 16, 1890 – July 8, 1945) was an American [[American football|football]] coach. He served as the head football coach at [[Purdue University]] from 1918 to 1920, compiling a record of 7–12–1. Scanlon played [[college football]] at the [[University of Chicago]] from 1912 to 1913. After leaving Purdue, he coached football at [[Hyde Park Academy High School|Hyde Park High School]] in [[Chicago]]. He died of a heart attack on July 8, 1945, in Chicago.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Ex-Purdue Coach Dies Suddenly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33823664/the_los_angeles_times/ |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location=[[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 12, 1945 |page=10 |access-date=July 13, 2019 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue Boilermakers]] | conf = [[Big Ten Conference]] | startyear = 1918 | endyear = 1920 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | year = [[1918 college football season|1918]] | name = [[1918 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]] | overall = 3–3 | conference = 1–0 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1919 college football season|1919]] | name = [[1919 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]] | overall = 2–4–1 | conference = 0–3 | confstanding = 10th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1920 college football season|1920]] | name = [[1920 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]] | overall = 2–5 | conference = 0–4 | confstanding = T–9th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Purdue | overall = 7–12–1 | confrecord = 1–7 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 7–12–1 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = }}
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