Francis Lloyd Brazil was an American athlete, coach and athletic director at the University of Detroit for 38 years.
20 Facts About Lloyd Brazil
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Lloyd Brazil played halfback for the University of Detroit football team from 1927 to 1929 and was selected as an All-American in 1928 and 1929.
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Lloyd Brazil served as the head coach of the baseball and basketball teams, assistant coach of the football team, and director of athletics.
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Lloyd Brazil was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1961 and the University of Detroit Titans Hall of Fame in 1977.
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Lloyd Brazil's work has been so consistently brilliant that he cannot escape attention.
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Lloyd Brazil carried the ball nearly 500 times for the University of Detroit and averaged more than eight yards per carry.
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Lloyd Brazil gained 5,861 yards during his three-year collegiate career.
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An earlier profile of Lloyd Brazil published by the Associated Press in 1928 focused on his diverse talents:.
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Lloyd Brazil is on the throwing end of nearly all of them, cool, deliberate, accurate.
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Lloyd Brazil is a superb interferer, a strong blocker and tackler, one of the best defensive backs of the year.
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Lloyd Brazil played basketball for the University of Detroit, and though he was rated as a good baseball player, the school had no baseball program.
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Lloyd Brazil was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1961 and the University of Detroit Titans Hall of Fame in 1977.
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Lloyd Brazil remained at the school until his death in 1965.
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Lloyd Brazil served for a time as the president of the Missouri Valley Conference.
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Lloyd Brazil was promoted to athletic director in 1943 when Dorais stepped down to take over as head coach of the Detroit Lions.
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Lloyd Brazil served as the head baseball coach at the University of Detroit for 20 years from 1945 until his death in 1965.
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In March 1965, Lloyd Brazil was seriously injured while driving his automobile on a street near the University of Detroit.
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Lloyd Brazil was thrown into the dashboard and suffered fractured ribs, facial and other injuries.
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Lloyd Brazil was reported to be in good condition, but his condition deteriorated the following week.
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Lloyd Brazil died days before he was to have started his 20th year as the school's head baseball coach.