Career
His overall coaching record at Dickinson was 17 wins, 7 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him ninth at Dickinson in terms of total wins and second at Dickinson in terms of winning percentage. Lightner took over the second half of the 1923 season after B. Russell Murphy resigned with an 0-2 start.
Lightner played football professionally in 1922 for the Frankford Yellow Jackets before the team joined the National Football League.
He also played baseball professionally for the Reading in the International League.