Lloyd Sumner "Shorty" Burdick (August 8, 1909 – August 9, 1945) was an American football tackle who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears and Cincinnati Reds. He played college football at the University of Illinois and attended Morgan Park Military Academy in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
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Position: | Tackle |
Personal information | |
Born: | Assumption, Illinois, U.S. | August 8, 1909
Died: | August 9, 1945 Michigan, North Dakota, U.S. | (aged 36)
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Weight: | 248 lb (112 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Chicago (IL) Morgan Park |
College: | Illinois |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
Player stats at PFR |
College career
editBurdick played for the Illinois Fighting Illini. He graduated from the school of commerce and agriculture at the University of Illinois.[2]
Professional career
editChicago Bears
editBurdick played in 22 games, starting nineteen, for the Chicago Bears from 1931 to 1932.[3]
Cincinnati Reds
editBurdick played in ten games, starting nine, for the Cincinnati Reds in 1933.[3]
Personal life
editBurdick 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
editYear | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Knox Old Siwash (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference / Midwest Conference) (1934) | |||||||||
1934 | Knox | 0–8 | 0–5 / 0–4 | 18th / 8th | |||||
Knox: | 0–8 | ||||||||
Total: | 0–8 |
References
edit- ^ "LLOYD BURDICK". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ a b "1945 Obituary for Lloyd S. Burdick, 36". michigannd.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "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.
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