Lloyd Yoder Explained

Lloyd Yoder
Birth Date:July 13, 1903
Pastschools:Carnegie Tech (1926)
School:Carnegie Tech Tartans
Cfbhof Id:1343
Cfbhof Year:1982
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Lloyd E. Yoder (July 13, 1903  - November 30, 1967), nicknamed The Plaid Bull,[1] was an American football player. He played collegiately at Carnegie Tech, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

Yoder was a 1921 graduate of Salem High School in Salem, Ohio.[2] He lettered four years as a tackle at Carnegie Tech, captaining the team and earning a spot on the 1926 College Football All-America Team.

In the 1926 season, Yoder was part of a Carnegie Tech team that defeated the otherwise-unbeaten Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 19–0.[3] He played in the East–West Shrine Game after both the 1926 and 1927 seasons: captaining the East team in 1926 and the West team in 1927.

In 1927, Yoder played for the San Francisco-based Olympic Club.

After college, Yoder worked for the National Broadcasting Company for 40 years, managing stations in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver and San Francisco. He also served in World War II as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy.

He died in San Francisco in 1967 at the age of 64.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1343}} Hall of Fame Inductee Detail - Lloyd "The Plaid Bull" Yoder ]. National Football Foundation . January 1, 2016.
  2. News: Lloyd Yoder's prize watch given to alumni association . Salem High School Alumni Association Newsletter . Spring 2007 . January 1, 2016.
  3. News: Marino . Parascenzo . Remember the Tartans: The remarkable tale of CMU football . . Fall 2013 . January 1, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222201644/http://www.pittsburghquarterly.com/index.php/Sports/remember-the-tartans.html . December 22, 2015 .
  4. News: Herb. Lyon. Tower Ticker . . December 1, 1967 . The death of former Chicago NBC chief, Lloyd Yoder, in San Francisco, shocked his many Chicago broadcast row chums. He supposedly was recovering from surgery–and our condolences to Lloyd's Alma. . January 1, 2016.