Vaughn Stewart

Vaughn Morton Stewart, (January 16, 1919[1] — December 18, 1992[2]) a native of Anniston, Alabama, was a collegiate and professional football player.

Vaughn Morton Stewart
Born:(1919-01-16)January 16, 1919
Anniston, Alabama, United States
Died:December 18, 1992(1992-12-18) (aged 73)
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Career information
Position(s)Center / Linebacker
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
CollegeUniversity of Alabama
Career history
As player
1943Chicago Cardinals
1943Brooklyn Dodgers
1944Brooklyn Tigers
Career stats

Football career

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

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
  1. "Vaughn Stewart" Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine at DatabaseFootball.com
  2. "Social Security Death Index". Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  3. Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame site
  4. "The NFL Draft", Alabama Football 2006
  5. "Vaughn Stewart", Football @ JT-SW.com
  6. "1944 Brooklyn Tigers Stats", Football @ JT-SW.com
  7. Huntsville-Madison County Athletic HOF Member page for Vaughn Stewart
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