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| Position | Guard |
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| Born | c. 1900 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | July 30, 1954 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m) |
| Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
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Lloyd A. "Butch" Pixley (c. 1900 − July 30, 1954) was an Americanfootball player. A native ofColumbus, Ohio, he playedcollege football for theOhio State Buckeyes at the guard position in 1918, 1919, 1921, and 1922.
Under wartime S.A.T.C. rules,[1] Pixley was eligible to play as a freshman on the1918 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.[2] As a sophomore in 1919, Pixley was selected byDick Jemison as a first-team All-American.[3] That year, he was also selected byFrank G. Menke as a first-team player on the1919 All-Western college football team.[4] He was also a consensus first-team player on the1919 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[4]
In 1920, Pixley attendedPrinceton University, but he did not play football that year.[2]
Pixley returned to Ohio State in 1921.[5] That fall, he was selected as a first-team All-American byNorman E. Brown of theCentral Press Association.[6] He was also selected byCollier's Weekly as a first-team player on the1921 All-Western college football team.[7] He was also a consensus first-team player on the1921 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[8][9][10]
As a senior, Pixley served as the captain of the1922 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, the first Ohio State team to play in the newly completedOhio Stadium.[11][12] At the end of the 1922 season, he was selected as a first-team All-American by theNew York Tribune and a second-team All-American byFrank G. Menke.[13][14] He was also selected by some as a first-team player on the1922 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[15][16]
Pixley later became a part owner ofWLOK radio inLima, Ohio, and helped establish WLOK-TV (now known asWLIO). He also owned the Brightman Nut Manufacturing Company in Columbus. He died at University Hospital in Columbus in 1954 at age 54.[11]