About Tommy Yarr
Lived 1910 – 1941 (aged 31). Tommy Yarr was an American american football player.
Thomas Cornelius Yarr (December 4, 1908 – December 24, 1941) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a center at the University of Notre Dame, where was captain of the 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and a consensus section to the 1931 College Football All-America Team. He then professionally for one season, in 1933, for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Yarr served as the head football coach at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio from 1934 to 1935, compiling a record of 6–10–2. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1987.
Yarr was Native American of Snohomish descent. He died of a heart attack in Chicago in 1941.
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Who was Tommy Yarr?
American football player (1910-1941)
When was Tommy Yarr born?
Tommy Yarr was born on 4 December 1910 in Jefferson County.
When did Tommy Yarr die?
Tommy Yarr died on 17 December 1941 in Chicago.
What was Tommy Yarr's occupation?
Tommy Yarr was an american football player.
What nationality was Tommy Yarr?
Tommy Yarr was American.
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