Mike Loyd
American football player and coach (born 1956)
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Charles Michael Loyd (born May 4, 1956) is an American former football player and coach. He played professionally as a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He was with the St. Louis Cardinals (1979–1980). He appeared in five games during the 1980 season and started one game.[1]
Joplin, Missouri, U.S.
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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Born | May 6, 1956 Joplin, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Memorial (Joplin) | ||||||||
| College | Missouri Southern State Tulsa Kansas | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1979: undrafted | ||||||||
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Loyd later coached football at both the high school and junior college levels, including Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College in Miami, Oklahoma and Rogers High School in Rogers, Arkansas. At Rogers, Loyd coached Case Hampton for one year. After a nearly 40-year coaching career, Loyd retired in December 2020.[2] He was inducted into the Joplin Sports Authority Hall of Fame in 2018[3] and the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021.[4]