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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.
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]
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.
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
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- 1919 births
- 1992 deaths
- People from Alabama
- People from the Anniston-Oxford metropolitan area
- American football centers
- Alabama Crimson Tide football players
- University of Alabama alumni
- Chicago Cardinals players
- Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players
- Brooklyn Tigers players
- American football offensive lineman, 1910s birth stubs