Tommy Yarr

Tommy Yarr
Position: Center
Personal information
Born: (1908-12-04)December 4, 1908
Dabob, Washington
Died: December 24, 1941(1941-12-24) (aged 33)
Chicago
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight: 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
College: Notre Dame
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Thomas Cornelius Yarr (December 4, 1908 – December 24, 1941) was an American football center. He played college football for the University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He played one season (1933) of professional ball for the Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987. He died of a heart attack in Chicago in 1941.[1]

Yarr was Native American of Snohomish descent.[2]

References

  1. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1941/12/25/page/33/article/tommy-yarr-ex-notre-dame-star-dies-at-33
  2. King, C. Richard (2015). Native Americans in Sports. Routledge. p. 802 via Google Books.
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