Robert L. Stovall
American football player (1886–1949)
![]() "Big" Stovall c. 1908 | |
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Position | Center |
Class | Graduate |
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Born: | (1886-02-22)February 22, 1886 Dodson, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died: | January 8, 1949(1949-01-08) (aged 62) Pineville, Louisiana, U.S. |
Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) |
Career history | |
College | LSU (1906–1909) |
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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
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]
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1908 LSU Tigers football—national champions
- Doc Fenton
- Willie Hillman
- Mike Lally
- John Seip
- Robert L. Stovall
- Head coach
- Edgar Wingard
*selected by the National Championship Foundation
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