Robert L. Stovall
Appearance
LSU Tigers | |
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Position | Center |
Class | Graduate |
Personal information | |
Born: | Dodson, Louisiana, U.S. | February 22, 1886
Died: | January 8, 1949 Pineville, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 62)
Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) |
Career history | |
College | LSU (1906–1909) |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Robert Luther "Strauss" "Big" Stovall (February 22, 1886 – January 8, 1949) was a college football player and a unit foreman of the state highway department.[1]
College football
[edit]Stovall was a center for the 1908 LSU Tigers football team which went 10–0 and was selected as national champion by the National Championship Foundation.[2] His younger brother Rowson Stovall was also on the team, called "Little" Stovall in contrast to his "Big" brother. Robert was selected All-Southern by Grantland Rice in 1909.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ The Winnfield News-American, January 14, 1949
- ^ "A Season in Time: LSU Tigers 1908".
- ^ "All-Southern Selection". Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.