Kalita E. Leighton

Kalita Elton Leighton was an American attorney, a judge, and college football player and coach.

College football career

Leighton played college football at the University of Iowa, where he was a law student, from 1894 to 1896. He served as the team captain of the 1895 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
In 1898, Leighton served as the head football coach at the University of Northern Iowa – then known as Iowa State Normal School - compiling a record of 4–0–1.

Legal career

In 1911, Leighton was appointed to as a judge of the Eighth Judicial District by the Governor of North Dakota, John Burke, and in 1920, he was appointed as Assistant Attorney General of North Dakota.