Vaughn Stewart

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Vaughn Morton Stewart
Date of birth:	January 16, 1919 (1919-01-16)
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.