Lloyd Wickett
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Position: | Tackle | ||||||
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Born: | Ontario, Canada | April 3, 1920||||||
Died: | April 9, 2002 Jefferson, Oregon, U.S. | (aged 82)||||||
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High school: | J. M. Weatherwax (Aberdeen, Washington) | ||||||
College: | Oregon State | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1943 / round: 5 / pick: 31 | ||||||
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Lloyd Meldrum Wickett (April 3, 1920 – April 9, 2002) was an American football tackle who played professionally for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).[1]
Wickett played college football at Oregon State University and was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fifth round of the 1943 NFL draft. He played four games for the Lions that year. He missed the 1944 and 1945 seasons while serving in the United States Navy during World War II, but returned to the Lions in 1946 and played 10 games for them.
References
[edit]- ^ "Players: Lloyd Wickett". National Football League. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
Lloyd Wickett Height: 6–1 Weight: 208 Deceased Born: 4/3/1920, Ontario College: Oregon State Experience: 2 Seasons
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Lloyd Wickett at Find a Grave
Categories:
- 1920 births
- 2002 deaths
- American football tackles
- Detroit Lions players
- Oregon State Beavers football players
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- People from Aberdeen, Washington
- Players of American football from Washington (state)
- Military personnel from Washington (state)
- Gridiron football people from Ontario
- American sportspeople of Canadian descent
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football defensive lineman, 1920s birth stubs