FAREWELL TO A CONCORD LEGEND

6/19/2010 2:38:44 PM

FORMER A.D. & COACH ROBERT "KILLER" KYLE PASSES ON

Mountain Lions legend Robert Kyle has passed on.

Funeral services were held June 22nd for the former Concord coach and athletic director in Clemmons, NC.

Kyle was born in Grimsby, England, and moved to the United States early in his life. He graduated from Princeton (WV) High School in 1933. Kyle received a Bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in 1937 and a Master's from Ohio State University in 1940.

Kyle worked at Concord from 1948-1972, as a Professor of Health and Physical Education, eventually becoming a Professor Emeritus.

Kyle was also a Mountain Lions coach and became the first Concord coach to win a West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship.

In fact, he won five.

The first two came in Baseball (1954, 1961). Later, Kyle guided the Cross Country squad to three consecutive WIVAC championships (1967, 1968, 1969).

He would serve as Concord's Director of Athletics from 1959-1972.

Nicknamed “Killer,” Kyle was inducted into the Concord Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.

Concord's Capital Alumni Chapter named its annual “'Killer' Kyle Golf Classic” in his honor.

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