Lloyd Burdick
Lloyd Sumner "Shorty" Burdick (August 8, 1909 – August 9, 1945) was an American football tackle who played three seasons in the National Football League with the Chicago Bears and Cincinnati Reds. He played college football at the University of Illinois and attended Morgan Park Academy in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
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| Position: | Tackle | ||
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| Born: | August 8, 1909 Assumption, Illinois | ||
| Died: | August 9, 1945 (aged 36) Michigan, North Dakota | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Weight: | 248 lb (112 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Chicago (IL) Morgan Park | ||
| College: | Illinois | ||
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College career
Burdick played for the Illinois Fighting Illini. He graduated from the school of commerce and agriculture at the University of Illinois.[2]
Professional career
Chicago Bears
Burdick played in 22 games, starting nineteen, for the Chicago Bears from 1931 to 1932.[3]
Cincinnati Reds
Burdick played in ten games, starting nine, for the Cincinnati Reds in 1933.[3]
Personal life
Burdick was a district representative of the Caterpillar company. His Caterpillar company territory included North Dakota, Montana, and the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. He spent 28 months as supervisor of maintenance on the Alcan highway.[2] Burdick was one of 34 people killed in a train wreck on August 9, 1945 in Michigan, North Dakota.[4]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Knox Old Siwash (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conferenc / Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1934) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Knox | 0–8 | 0–5 / 0–4 | 18th / 8th | |||||
| Knox: | 0–8 | ||||||||
| Total: | 0–8 | ||||||||
References
- "LLOYD BURDICK". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- "1945 Obituary for Lloyd S. Burdick, 36". michigannd.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- "Lloyd Burdick". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- "Lloyd Sumner 'Shorty' Burdick". oldestlivingprofootball.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)