Frank Loria

Frank Loria

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He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team from 1965-1967, helping the Hokies to a berth in the 1966 Liberty Bowl. Loria was named consensus All American in 1967.

Loria joined the Marshall University coaching staff as the defensive backs coach. He died in the Southern Airlines Flight 932 airplane crash, that killed most of Marshall's football team, on November 14, 1970.

His number, #10, is one of four numbers retired by Virginia Tech. Loria was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on December 7, 1999.

External links

* [http://www.hokiesports.com/football/jerseys/loria.html Virginia Tech Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=60096 College Football Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.marshall.edu/library/speccoll/virtual_museum/Memorial/coaches/loria.asp Biography from Marshall memorial]


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