| Art Kahler | |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Arkansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1918–1922 |
| Player Team2: | Southwestern (KS) |
| Player Positions: | Tackle |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1928–1930 |
| Coach Team2: | Sterling |
| Coach Years3: | 1935–1941 |
| Coach Team3: | Dickinson |
| Coach Years4: | 1942 |
| Coach Team4: | Lakehurst NAS (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1946–1947 |
| Coach Team5: | Southwestern (KS) |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1931–1938 |
| Coach Team7: | Brown |
| Coach Years8: | 1947–1948 |
| Coach Team8: | Southwestern (KS) |
| Coach Sport9: | Track |
| Coach Years10: | 1939–1941 |
| Coach Team10: | Dickinson |
| Admin Years1: | 1939–1942 |
| Admin Team1: | Dickinson |
| Overall Record: | 62–34–8 (football) 60–80 (basketball) |
| Championships: | Football 1 CIC (1946) |
| Awards: | Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, 1974[1] |
Arthur Daniel Kahler Sr. (December 27, 1897 – April 23, 1982) was an American college football and basketball player and coach. He was listed in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" as only person to coach at two different major colleges at the same time—head basketball coach at Brown University and football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He later became a coach and athletic director at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas.
Kahler played football at Southwestern from 1918 until 1922. Walter Camp referred him as "a line of power" when he played Camp wrote high praises for his playing ability based on his senior year of 1922.[2]
Kahler was the head football coach at Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas He held that position for three seasons, from 1928 to 1930, compiling a record of 19–5–2.[3] [4]
Kahler coached men's basketball at Brown University from 1931 to 1938.[5] At the same time, he was head football coach at Dickinson College,[6] even though the schools are over 350 miles apart. Kahler coached his 100th football victory at Dickinson and also introduced night football to the school.[7] He coached at Dickinson college from 1935 to 1941 and posted a record of 29–25–5.[8]
Kahler was the 11th head football coachat Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, serving for two seasons, from 1946 to 1947, and compiling a record of 14–4–1.[9]
Kahler also served as the men's basketball coach at Southwestern for the 1947–48, tallying a mark of 13–13.[10] He also served as the athletic director of the school as well as coach of the track and field teams.
Southwestern honored the memory of Kahler by naming the football field "Art Kahler Field."[11]
In 1974, Kahler was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.