Spud Lewis

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1906–1978)}}

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| name = Spud Lewis

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| birth_date = 1906

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| death_date = November 29, 1978

| death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1926–1928

| player_team1 = Stanford

| player_positions = Quarterback, halfback, fullback

| coach_years1 = 1929–1931

| coach_team1 = Northwestern (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1932–1936

| coach_team2 = San Francisco

| overall_record = 15–21–4

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| championships =

• National (1926)

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Lawrence D. "Spud" Lewis (1906 – November 29, 1978) was an American football player and coach. He was the head football coach at the University of San Francisco from 1932 to 1936, compiling a record of 15–21–4.{{cite news |last=Borba |first=Harry |title=Post Vacated By Resignation Of Lewis Given George Malley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61296189/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |location=San Francisco, California |date=December 1, 1936 |page=21 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Lewis played college football at Stanford University as a quarterback, halfback and fullback for head coach Pop Warner.{{cite news |title=Spud Lewis Coach For Northwestern |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61297513/the-press-democrat/ |newspaper=The Press Democrat |location=Santa Rosa, California |date=February 24, 1929 |page=6 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} He worked as an assistant football coach at Northwestern University under head coach Dick Hanley for three seasons, from 1929 to 1931, before he was hired at San Francisco in 1932.{{cite news |last=Leiser |first=William |title=Lewis Slated As U. S. F. Grid Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61297378/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |newspaper=San Francisco Examiner |location=San Francisco |date=January 21, 1932 |page=19 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Lewis was for many years after his time in football a sales executive for Judson Steel.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61298357/obituary-for-ex-coach-lewis/ "Ex-coach Lewis Dead,"] San Francisco Examiner, Dec. 1, 1978, p. 63.

Lewis died on November 29, 1978, in San Francisco, following a long illness.