George Litton
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = George Litton
| image = George Litton, 1962.png
| alt =
| caption = Litton in 1962
| birth_date = {{Circa|1935}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1955–1958
| player_team1 = East Tennessee State
| player_positions = End
| coach_years1 = 1959
| coach_team1 = Pennington Gap HS (VA)
| coach_years2 = 1961
| coach_team2 = East Tennessee State (freshmen)
| coach_years3 = 1962–1969
| coach_team3 = Lees–McRae
| coach_years4 = 1970–1974
| coach_team4 = Gardner–Webb
| admin_years1 = 1962–1970
| admin_team1 = Lees–McRae
| overall_record = 16–35 (college)
41–32–4 (junior college)
3–6–1 (high school)
| bowl_record = 0–1 (college)
0–1 (junior college)
| tournament_record = 0–1 (NJCAA playoffs)
| championships = 1 R10 (1967)
| awards =
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}}
George Litton Jr. (born {{Circa|1935}}) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Gardner–Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina from 1970 to 1974, compiling a record of 16–35.{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/2015236562/1970-01-27/ed-1/seq-4.pdf|title=Litton Named Head Football Coach|publisher=Gardner–Webb University|newspaper=The Pilot|date=January 27, 1970|access-date=November 13, 2019}}
Litton was also the head football coach at Lees–McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina from 1962 to 1969, when the school was a junior college.{{cite web|url=https://lmcbobcats.com/traditions/hall_of_fame/HoF_members|title=The Fred I. Dickerson Athletic Hall of Fame|publisher=Lees–McRae College|access-date=November 13, 2019}}
A native of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, Litton played college football as an end at East Tennessee State College—now known as East Tennessee State University.{{cite news |author= |title=George Litton to be head coach at Pennington high |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46425523/the-post/ |newspaper=The Post |location=Big Stone Gap, Virginia |date=June 18, 1959 |page=2 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=George Litton Accepts Lees-McRae Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46425238/johnson-city-press/ |newspaper=Johnson City Press |location=Johnson City, Tennessee |date=May 2, 1962 |page=25 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
=College=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
| conf = NAIA Division I independent
| startyear = 1970
| endyear = 1974
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1970
| name = Gardner–Webb
| overall = 2–8
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1971
| name = Gardner–Webb
| overall = 3–7
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1972
| name = Gardner–Webb
| overall = 2–9
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1973
| name = Gardner–Webb
| overall = 7–5
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = Poultry
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1974
| name = Gardner–Webb
| overall = 2–6
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Gardner–Webb
| overall = 16–35
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 16–35
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
=Junior college=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = NJCAA }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Lees–McRae Bobcats
| conf = Western Carolinas Junior College Conference
| startyear = 1962
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1962
| name = Lees–McRae
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Lees–McRae Bobcats
| conf = Region 10 Junior College Conference / Region 10 Conference
| startyear = 1963
| endyear = 1969
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1963
| name = Lees–McRae
| overall = 2–6–1
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1964
| name = Lees–McRae
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = Lees–McRae
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1966
| name = Lees–McRae
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1967
| name = Lees–McRae
| overall = 8–1–1
| conference = 5–0–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Savannah Shrine Bowl
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 2
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = Lees–McRae
| overall = 8–2–1
| conference = 3–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = El Toro Bowl
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 10
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1969
| name = Lees–McRae
| overall = 7–1–1
| conference = 1–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 10
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Lees–McRae
| overall = 41–32–4
| confrecord = 15–22–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 41–32–4
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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