title: John Loyd
text: # John Loyd
  
  John Edward Loyd (May 5, 1875 – March 4, 1943) was an American college football player and physician.
  
  ## College football
  
  Loyd played for Richmond College from 1892 to 1895 and for the Virginia Cavaliers from 1898 to 1900. He was captain of the team in 1900, a year in which Virginia had a claim to a Southern championship and defeated Sewanee to give the school its first loss since 1897. Loyd was thrice selected to the All-Southern team as a tackle.
  
  ## Physician
  
  He was once resident physician at the Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital at Clifton Forge.
  
  