{{Short description|American football player and coach (1899–1980)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Lester Leitl | birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|8|19}} | birth_place = Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|10|14|1899|8|19}} | death_place = Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1919–1921 | player_team2 = Wisconsin–Oshkosh | player_years3 = 1924–1926 | player_team3 = Wisconsin | player_positions = Tackle | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1927–1963 | coach_team2 = Wisconsin–Platteville | coach_sport3 = Basketball | coach_years4 = 1930–1943 | coach_team4 = Wisconsin–Platteville | admin_years1 = 1927–1964 | admin_team1 = Wisconsin–Platteville | overall_record = 88–99–15 (football)<br>48–98 (basketball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = Wisconsin–Oshkosh Hall of Fame (1975) | coaching_records = }} '''Lester J.''' "'''Butch'''" '''Leitl''' (August 19, 1899 – October 14, 1980) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville from 1927 to 1963, compiling a record of 88–99–15.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica00unse|title=Who's Who in American Sports|publisher=National Biographical Society|year=1928|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref>
Leitl was inducted into the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh athletics Hall of Fame in 1975 as an athlete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwoshkoshtitans.com/HallofFame/Bios/LeitlLester|title=Lester Leitl|publisher=uwoshkoshtitans.com|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref> He died on October 14, 1980, at a hospital in Dubuque, Iowa.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Former Badger gridder Lester Leitl dead at 81 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25093080/wisconsin_state_journal/ |newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |location=Madison, Wisconsin |agency=Associated Press |date=October 16, 1980 |page=19 |access-date=November 4, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>
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