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Lloyd W. Eaton (March 23, 1918 – March 14, 2007) was an American football player, coach, and executive. He served as the head coach at Alma College (1949–1955), Northern Michigan University (1956), and the University of Wyoming (1962–1970), compiling a career college football record of 104–53–4.
J. Lloyd Eaton was a pulmonologist specializing in the treatment of tuberculosis.While still in high school he collected science fiction and fantasy pulp literature. By the 1940s he communicated with book dealers in London and New York to acquire more books, expanding to the detective and western genres at a time when science fiction was an obscure interest.
The 1969 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.Led by eighth-year head coach Lloyd Eaton, they were members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.
Five of those coaches also won conference championships: Devaney captured four, Wyatt two, and Dickens one, as a member of the Skyline Conference; Eaton captured three, Roach two, and both Akers abd Tiller one as a member of Western Athletic Conference.
Lloyd Eaton, who had been head coach and athletic director at Alma College for seven years, was hired as Northern Michigan's head coach in February 1956. [4] He took over a team that had lost every game in 1955 and led the 1956 squad to an undefeated season. He was touted in the press as the "Miracle Man of the Gridiron".
In their fourth year under head coach Lloyd Eaton, the Cowboys compiled a 6–4 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished third in the WAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 201 to 182.
Under first-year head coach Lloyd Eaton, the Cowboys played their home games on campus at War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming. They compiled a 5–5 record (2–2 against WAC opponents), finished third in the WAC in their first year in the conference, and outscored their opponents 165 to 143. [1] [2]
In their third season under head coach Lloyd Eaton, the Cowboys compiled a 6–2–2 record (2–2 against conference opponents), finished fourth in the WAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 181 to 117. Dick Barry, Jeff Hartman, and Bill Levine were the team captains.