Robert_L._Stovall

Robert L. Stovall

Robert L. Stovall

American football player (1886–1949)

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    The Winnfield News-American, January 14, 1949
  2. [2]
    "A Season in Time: LSU Tigers 1908".
  3. [3]
    "All-Southern Selection". Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.
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