title: Deke Edler
text: # Deke Edler
  
  Robert Karl "Deke" Edler (August 29, 1897 – June 1, 1953) was an American football player and coach. He played for one season for the Cleveland Indians of the National Football League (NFL), in 1923. Edler served as the head football coach at Otterbein College—now known as Otterbein University—from 1929 to 1934, compiling a record of 21–24–4.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  ### Football
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Otterbein Cardinals (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1929–1934) ||||||
  | 1929 | Otterbein | 3–5 | 3–5 | 12th |
  | 1930 | Otterbein | 4–3–1 | 3–2 | 5th |
  | 1931 | Otterbein | 5–3 | 5–1 | 4th |
  | 1932 | Otterbein | 4–2–2 | 4–2–2 | 7th |
  | 1933 | Otterbein | 3–4–1 | 3–3–1 | T–9th |
  | 1934 | Otterbein | 2–7 | 2–4 | T–16th |
  | Otterbein: | Otterbein: | 21–24–4 | 20–17–3 | |
  | Total: | Total: | 21–24–1 | | |
  