Lloyd W Eaton was an American football player, coach, and executive.
20 Facts About Lloyd Eaton
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Lloyd Eaton graduated from Black Hills State Teachers College where he played end and became captain of the team in his junior year.
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Lloyd Eaton remained at Black Hills after graduation, becoming the line coach there for one year.
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Lloyd Eaton then coached football at Dupree High School for several years leading up to his service in World War II.
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Lloyd Eaton began doctoral studies at Indiana University Bloomington, then moved on to coach football at Alma College in Michigan.
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Lloyd Eaton was a detail-oriented disciplinarian who made a name for himself by introducing new techniques that helped smaller defensive linemen.
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Lloyd Eaton left Alma in 1956 and coached at Northern Michigan University for one year.
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From 1957 to 1961, Lloyd Eaton served as defensive line coach at the University of Wyoming, and in 1962, he succeeded Bob Devaney as head coach there.
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Lloyd Eaton's teams won the 1966 Sun Bowl and played in the 1968 Sugar Bowl.
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In 1969, during the "Black 14" incident, Lloyd Eaton dismissed 14 black Wyoming players from the team for planning to wear black armbands during a game against the BYU Cougars.
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The day before the game, the players approached coach Lloyd Eaton to tell him that they were planning to wear black armbands during the game in protest; Lloyd Eaton forbade it.
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The players then arranged to meet with Lloyd Eaton, intending to discuss with him the terms of their protest.
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Lloyd Eaton took them to the bleachers in the old fieldhouse.
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Lloyd Eaton says he listened to their suggestions for ten minutes before deciding to dismiss them from the team.
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In 1972, Lloyd Eaton became the director of player personnel for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.
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Lloyd Eaton was demoted to a scouting position four years later.
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Lloyd Eaton later served as the western regional director for the BLESTO player rating service of the NFL, before retiring in the mid-1980s.
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Lloyd Eaton was elected to the Alma Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Wyoming Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1984.
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Lloyd Eaton was once married and divorced, living purposefully without a phone.
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Lloyd Eaton died at the age of 88, on March 14,2007.