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John W Leykom 1920 - 2003

John W Leykom of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN was born on February 7, 1920, and died at age 83 years old on March 19, 2003. John Leykom was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section 20-B Site 1174 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis.
John W Leykom
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN 55419
February 7, 1920
March 19, 2003
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  • 02/7
    1920

    Birthday

    February 7, 1920
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: LT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 03/19
    2003

    Death

    March 19, 2003
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    Unknown
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    Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section 20-B Site 1174 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis, Mn 55450
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In 1920, in the year that John W Leykom was born, the National Football League, first called the American Professional Football Association, was created. College football was more popular than pro football and rising player salaries were bankrupting league owners. In response, owners created the NFL, using the pro baseball association as a model. Eleven teams were formed: the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Dayton Triangles, Decatur Staleys, Hammond Pros, Massillon Tigers, Muncie Flyers, Racine Cardinals, Rochester Jeffersons and Rock Island Independents.
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In 1945, he was 25 years old when on April 12th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. At 1p, he was sitting for a portrait when he complained that he had a "terrific pain" in the back of his head and collapsed. A doctor was summoned and the doctor gave him a shot of adrenaline into his heart. It didn't help and he was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. A slow moving train took him back to Washington D.C. while thousands of mourners lined the tracks. He was buried at his home in Hyde Park, New York.
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