Theodore Dennison Doyle was a professional American football player who was a tackle and guard for eight seasons in the National Football League.
13 Facts About Ted Doyle
1.
2.
Ted Doyle was born January 12,1914, in Maywood, Nebraska.
3.
Ted Doyle attended Curtis High School in Curtis, Nebraska, where he played football for the Aggies as an undersized 145-pounder.
4.
Ted Doyle was therefore not a star recruit and was actually out of school for a year before he enrolled at the University of Nebraska in 1934.
5.
Ted Doyle was a late bloomer, putting on mass during his college years.
6.
Ted Doyle was selected by the New York Giants in the 8th round of the 1938 NFL draft, with the Giants making Doyle the 68th pick overall of the lottery.
7.
In 1943, Ted Doyle was exempt from conscription based on his 3-A draft status for being a father.
8.
Ted Doyle was able to continue playing pro football throughout the war as he was engaged stateside in military-related work for the Westinghouse Electric Company.
9.
Decades later Ted Doyle referred to his stint with Card-Pitt as "a strange time," splitting his days between Westinghouse and football.
10.
Ted Doyle stated that playing for Card-Pitt was not a lot of fun and said sometimes that only a couple hundred people would show up for a game.
11.
Ted Doyle was appointed president of the Nebraska Community College Trustees Association in 1981.
12.
Ted Doyle was inducted into Nebraska's football hall of fame in 1990.
13.
Ted Doyle was 92 years old at the time of his death.