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| birth_place = [[Anniston, Alabama]], |
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 3 October 2024
| Date of birth | January 16, 1919 |
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| Place of birth | Anniston, Alabama, U.S. |
| Date of death | December 18, 1992 (aged 73) |
| Place of death | Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. |
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| Position(s) | Center / Linebacker |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| US college | University of Alabama |
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| 1943 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1943 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1944 | Brooklyn Tigers |
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Vaughn Morton Stewart, (January 16, 1919[1] — December 18, 1992[2]) a native of Anniston, Alabama, was a collegiate and professional football player.
Football career
[edit]Stewart was named to the All-State team while playing 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 renamed Brooklyn Tigers in 1944 before leaving the NFL.[6]
After football
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- Bear Bryant Museum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- ^ "Vaughn Stewart" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine at DatabaseFootball.com
- ^ "Social Security Death Index". Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ^ 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
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