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John Loyd

Loyd c. 1900
Virginia Cavaliers
Position	Tackle
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	(1875-05-05)May 5, 1875 Bedford County, Virginia
Died:	March 4, 1943(1943-03-04) (aged 67) Rockbridge County, Virginia
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
Southern championship (1900) All-Southern (1898, 1899, 1900)

John Edward Loyd (May 5, 1875 – March 4, 1943) was an American college football player and physician.

College football

Loyd played for Richmond College from 1892 to 1895 and for the Virginia Cavaliers from 1898 to 1900. He was captain of the team in 1900, a year in which Virginia had a claim to a Southern championship and defeated Sewanee to give the school its first loss since 1897. Loyd was thrice selected to the All-Southern team as a tackle.

Physician

He was once resident physician at the Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital at Clifton Forge.

References

1. "Photograph of the Richmond College Football Team 1893".
2. "Virginia vs. Carolina..." Virginian-Pilot. November 18, 1900. p. 10.
3. ^ "Novel Football Game At The University Tomorrow". Richmond Dispatch. October 7, 1902.
4. "Champions of the South regardless of conference affiliation".
5. "Virginia Wins Decisive Victory". The Times. November 30, 1900.
6. e.g. "All-Southern Eleven for 1900". Outing. 37. Outing Publishing Company: 616. 1901.
7. "The Alumni Bulletin". The Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia. 2: 46. 1902.
8. 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.

• 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