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Burdick played for the [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois Fighting Illini]]. He graduated from the school of commerce and agriculture at the University of Illinois.<ref name="A">{{cite web|url=http://www.michigannd.com/index.asp?SEC=31FFF3FA-49E9-4C7B-900A-B326700E1E44&DE=C5E64A2C-233F-4297-A4AA-3B27EB7C9A4E&Type=B_BASIC |title=1945 Obituary for Lloyd S. Burdick, 36 |publisher=michigannd.com |accessdate=October 10, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610170740/http://www.michigannd.com/index.asp?SEC=31FFF3FA-49E9-4C7B-900A-B326700E1E44&DE=C5E64A2C-233F-4297-A4AA-3B27EB7C9A4E&Type=B_BASIC |archivedate=June 10, 2016 }}</ref> |
Burdick played football for the [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois Fighting Illini]]. He graduated from the school of commerce and agriculture at the University of Illinois.<ref name="A">{{cite web|url=http://www.michigannd.com/index.asp?SEC=31FFF3FA-49E9-4C7B-900A-B326700E1E44&DE=C5E64A2C-233F-4297-A4AA-3B27EB7C9A4E&Type=B_BASIC |title=1945 Obituary for Lloyd S. Burdick, 36 |publisher=michigannd.com |accessdate=October 10, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610170740/http://www.michigannd.com/index.asp?SEC=31FFF3FA-49E9-4C7B-900A-B326700E1E44&DE=C5E64A2C-233F-4297-A4AA-3B27EB7C9A4E&Type=B_BASIC |archivedate=June 10, 2016 }}</ref> He also participated in wrestling for the Illini. In 1930, he was the Big Ten heavyweight champion and finished second in the [[NCAA]] tournament.<ref name="History">{{cite web | url=https://sportshistorynetwork.com/football/three-unique-chicago-bears/ | title=Three Unique Chicago Bears: John “Bull” Doehring, Lloyd “Shorty” Burdick, and George Trafton | publisher=sportshistorynetwork.com | date=April 12, 2021 | accessdate=23 September 2024}}</ref> |
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| Position: | Tackle |
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| Born: | August 8, 1909 Assumption, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died: | August 9, 1945 (aged 36) Michigan, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight: | 248 lb (112 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Chicago (IL) Morgan Park |
| College: | Illinois |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Lloyd Sumner "Shorty" Burdick (August 8, 1909 – August 9, 1945) was an American professional 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]
College career
Burdick played football for the Illinois Fighting Illini. He graduated from the school of commerce and agriculture at the University of Illinois.[2] He also participated in wrestling for the Illini. In 1930, he was the Big Ten heavyweight champion and finished second in the NCAA tournament.[3]
Professional career
Burdick played in 22 games, starting nineteen, for the Chicago Bears from 1931 to 1932.[4]
Burdick played in ten games, starting nine, for the Cincinnati Reds in 1933.[4]
Boxing and wrestling
Burdick also spent time as a boxer and professional wrestler.[5]
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.[6]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Three Unique Chicago Bears: John "Bull" Doehring, Lloyd "Shorty" Burdick, and George Trafton". sportshistorynetwork.com. April 12, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "Lloyd Burdick". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ "Lloyd Burdick". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Lloyd Sumner 'Shorty' Burdick". oldestlivingprofootball.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
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- 1909 births
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- 20th-century American businesspeople
- American football tackles
- American transportation businesspeople
- Caterpillar Inc. people
- Chicago Bears players
- Cincinnati Reds (NFL) players
- Illinois Fighting Illini football players
- Knox Prairie Fire football coaches
- People from Assumption, Illinois
- Players of American football from Illinois
- Businesspeople from Illinois
- Accidental deaths in North Dakota
- Railway accident deaths in the United States
- American male boxers
- American male professional wrestlers
- 20th-century male professional wrestlers
- Professional wrestlers from Illinois
- Boxers from Illinois
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