Vaughn Stewart
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Vaughn Morton Stewart | |
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Date of birth: | January 16, 1919 |
Place of birth: | Anniston, Alabama, United States |
Date of death: | December 18, 1992 (aged 73) |
Place of death: | Huntsville, Alabama, United States |
Career information | |
Position(s): | Center / Linebacker |
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) |
College: | University of Alabama |
Organizations | |
As player: | |
1943 1943 1944 |
Chicago Cardinals Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Tigers |
Stats at NFL.com |
Vaughn Morton Stewart, (born January 16, 1919[1] - died December 18, 1992[2]) a native of Anniston, Alabama, was a collegiate and professional football player.
[edit] Football career
Stewart was named to the All-State team while playing at at Anniston High School. He played college football for the University of Alabama where he was named was honorable mention, All-SEC on the sophomore selection. Stewart played on the 1941 Crimson Tide National Championship team. At just 165 pounds, he was the smallest center to ever play football at Alabama.[3]
In 1943 he was selected as a center by the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League.[4]. He played nine games in 1943 for Chicago as a center and a linebacker before being traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers before the last game of the season.[5] He played one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943 and nine games for the re-named Brooklyn Tigers in 1944 before leaving the NFL.[6]
[edit] After football
Stewart was the original co-chairman of the board for the Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame. This hall of fame for athletes from Madison County was founded in 1989 thanks to his efforts.[3] Stewart himself was inducted into the hall of fame in 1990.[7] He died in 1992 in Huntsville, Alabama.
[edit] References
- Bear Bryant Museum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- ^ "Vaughn Stewart" at DatabaseFootball.com
- ^ Social Security Death Index
- ^ a b Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame site
- ^ "The NFL Draft", Alabama Football 2006
- ^ "Vaughn Stewart", Football @ JT-SW.com
- ^ "1944 Brooklyn Tigers Stats", Football @ JT-SW.com
- ^ Huntsville-Madison County Athletic HOF Member page for Vaughn Stewart