Lloyd Russell | |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1913 |
Birth Place: | Atoka, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Death Place: | Waco, Texas, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years1: | 1935–1936 |
Player Team1: | Baylor |
Player Sport2: | Track |
Player Years2: | 1935–1937 |
Player Team2: | Baylor |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years3: | 1935–1936 |
Player Team3: | Baylor |
Player Sport4: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1935–1936 |
Player Team4: | Baylor |
Player Years5: | 1938 |
Player Team5: | Cleveland Indians |
Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) Shortstop (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1938–1940 |
Coach Team2: | Baylor (backfield) |
Coach Years3: | 1941 |
Coach Team3: | St. Mary's (TX) |
Coach Years4: | 1942 |
Coach Team4: | North Texas State Teachers |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1941–1942 |
Coach Team6: | St. Mary's (TX) |
Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
Coach Years8: | 1940–1941 |
Coach Team8: | Baylor |
Coach Years9: | 1958–1961 |
Coach Team9: | Baylor |
Overall Record: | 10–9–1 (football) 5–4 (basketball) 72–58–1 (baseball) |
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Lloyd Opal Russell (April 10, 1913 – May 24, 1968) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at North Texas State Teachers College, now the University of North Texas, in 1942, tallying a mark of 3–5. Russell was also the head baseball coach at Baylor University from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1958 to 1961, compiling a record of 72–58–1.
Russell played baseball for the Cleveland Indians in 1938 before starting his coaching career. He served in both the Atlantic and Pacific for the United States Navy during World War II.