John Loyd
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Virginia Cavaliers | |
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Position | Tackle |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Bedford County, Virginia | May 5, 1875
Died: | March 4, 1943 Rockbridge County, Virginia | (aged 67)
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Richmond (1892–1895) Virginia (1898–1900) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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John Edward Loyd (May 5, 1875 – March 4, 1943) was an American college football player and physician.
College football
[edit]Loyd played for Richmond College from 1892 to 1895[1] and for the Virginia Cavaliers from 1898 to 1900.[2] He was captain of the team in 1900,[3] a year in which Virginia had a claim to a Southern championship[4] and defeated Sewanee to give the school its first loss since 1897.[5] Loyd was thrice selected to the All-Southern team as a tackle.[6]
Physician
[edit]He was once resident physician at the Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital at Clifton Forge.[3][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Photograph of the Richmond College Football Team 1893".
- ^ "Virginia vs. Carolina..." Virginian-Pilot. November 18, 1900. p. 10.
- ^ a b "Novel Football Game At The University Tomorrow". Richmond Dispatch. October 7, 1902.
- ^ "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
- ^ "Virginia Wins Decisive Victory". The Times. November 30, 1900.
- ^ e.g. "All-Southern Eleven for 1900". Outing. 37. Outing Publishing Company: 616. 1901.
- ^ "The Alumni Bulletin". The Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia. 2: 46. 1902.
- ^ Official Industrial Guide and Shippers' Directory: For the Use of the Company's Patrons and Others Seeking Facts Pertaining to Its Territorial Resources : Mining, Agricultural, Manufacturing, Commercial, Financial and Educational Advantages. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company General Freight Department. 1906.
Categories:
- 1875 births
- 1943 deaths
- Physicians from Virginia
- All-Southern college football players
- American football tackles
- People from Bedford County, Virginia
- Players of American football from Virginia
- Virginia Cavaliers football players
- Richmond Spiders football players
- 19th-century players of American football
- People from Clifton Forge, Virginia