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Vaughn Stewart

This article is about the American football player. For the Maryland politician, see Vaughn Stewart (politician).

Vaughn Morton Stewart
Date of birth(1919-01-16)January 16, 1919
Place of birthAnniston, Alabama, U.S.
Date of deathDecember 18, 1992(1992-12-18) (aged 73)
Place of deathHuntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)Center / Linebacker
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
US collegeUniversity of Alabama
Career history
As player
1943Chicago Cardinals
1943Brooklyn Dodgers
1944Brooklyn Tigers
Career stats

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

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. ^ a b 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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