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Tommy Yarr

Tommy Yarr
Personal information
Born:(1908-12-04)December 4, 1908
Dabob, Washington, U.S.
Died:December 24, 1941(1941-12-24) (aged 33)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College:Notre Dame
Position:Center
Career history
As a player:
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Pro Football Reference
College Football Hall of Fame

Thomas Cornelius Yarr (December 4, 1908 – December 24, 1941) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a center at the University of Notre Dame, where was captain of the 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and a consensus section to the 1931 College Football All-America Team. He then professionally for one season, in 1933, for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Yarr served as the head football coach at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio from 1934 to 1935, compiling a record of 6–10–2. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1987.

Yarr was Native American of Snohomish descent.[1] He died of a heart attack in Chicago in 1941.[2]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
John Carroll Blue Streaks (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1934–1935)
1934 John Carroll 5–2–2 1–1–2 T–8th
1935 John Carroll 1–8 0–4 T–19th
John Carroll: 6–10–2 1–5–2
Total: 31–23–11

References

  1. ^ King, C. Richard (2015). Native Americans in Sports. Routledge. p. 802. ISBN 9781317464020 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Death Beckons Tommy Yarr". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 25, 1941. p. 25. Retrieved May 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Yarr