Al Paul

{{Short description|American athlete, coach, and administrator}}

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| name = Al Paul

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| birth_date = {{Circa|1926}}

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| death_date = {{Death date|2014|7|28}} (aged 88)

| death_place = Maryland, U.S.

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| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1951–1959

| coach_team2 = Hofstra (line)

| coach_years3 = 1960–1973

| coach_team3 = Columbia (assistant)

| coach_sport4 = Lacrosse

| coach_years5 = 1947–1948

| coach_team5 = Western Maryland

| admin_years1 = 1974–1991

| admin_team1 = Columbia

| overall_record = 7–8

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Al Paul ({{Circa|1926}} – July 28, 2014) was an American college athlete, football and lacrosse coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at Columbia University from 1974 to 1991.{{cite news |last=Blum |first=Ronald |date=June 29, 1991 |title=Columbia's Athletic Director Bows Out |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-06-29-sp-1069-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 3, 2016 }} A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Paul attended Western Maryland College—now known as McDaniel College—where he played football, basketball, and lacrosse. While an undergraduate, he also served as the school's head lacrosse coach, in 1947 and 1948.{{cite news |author= |date=January 6, 1960 |title=Al Paul Succeeds Mancha As Assistant Grid Coach |url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19600106-01.2.15&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------# |newspaper=Columbia Daily Spectator |page=3 |access-date=April 3, 2016 }} Paul died at the age of 88 on July 28, 2014, at his home in Maryland.{{cite web |url=http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=209603025 |title=Former Athletics Director Al Paul Passes Away |author= |date=July 30, 2014 |publisher=Columbia University |access-date=April 3, 2016 }}