Dixie Stokes

Lee James "Dixie" Stokes Jr. (August 24, 1913 – December 1967) was an American football player.

Dixie Stokes
Personal information
Born:(1913-08-24)August 24, 1913
Haslam, Texas
Died:December 1, 1967(1967-12-01) (aged 54)
Forrest City, Arkansas
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:C. E. Byrd (LA)
College:Centenary
Position:Center
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games:28
Player stats at PFR

Stokes was born in Haslam, Texas, in 1913.[1][2] He grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, attended C. E. Byrd High School, and then played college football at Centenary.[3]

He also played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a center for the Detroit Lions from 1937 to 1940. He was released by the Lions after the 1940 season and took a job with a Michigan tool company. He made a comeback in 1943 with the Chicago Cardinals, maintaining his weekday job with the tool company while playing football on weekends.[3][4] He appeared in 28 NFL games, 15 as a starter.[3]

Stokes married Helen Rosenblath in 1938.[5] From 1940 until his death in 1967, he worked as the sales manager of a tool company in Memphis, Michigan. He died from a heart attack in Forrest City, Arkansas, at age 54.[2][6]

References
  1. "Former Grid Star Dies En Route to Shreverport". The Shreveport Journal. December 22, 1967. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "L.J. Stokes Dies on Way To Visit Here". The Shreveport Times. December 23, 1967. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Dixie Stokes". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  4. John N. Sabo (October 12, 1943). "Lee Stokes Is Featured in Tale of Two Cities". Detroit Free Press. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lee Stokes Weds Queen of Campus". Detroit Free Press. December 21, 1938. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Lee J. Stokes Dead At 54: Suffers Attack On Arkansas Trip". The Port Huron Times Herald. December 26, 1967. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
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