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Robert L. Stovall

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American football player (1886–1949)

Robert L. Stovall
"Big" Stovall c. 1908
LSU Tigers
PositionCenter
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1886-02-22)February 22, 1886
Dodson, Louisiana, U.S.
Died:January 8, 1949(1949-01-08) (aged 62)
Pineville, Louisiana, U.S.
Weight140 lb (64 kg)
Career history
CollegeLSU (1906–1909)
Bowl games
Career highlights and awards

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.

College football

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. 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.

References

  1. The Winnfield News-American, January 14, 1949
  2. "A Season in Time: LSU Tigers 1908".
  3. "All-Southern Selection". Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.
1908 LSU Tigers football—national champions
Head coach
Edgar Wingard
*selected by the National Championship Foundation


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