:Vaughn Stewart
{{Short description|American football player (1919–1992)}}
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{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name = Vaughn Morton Stewart
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|01|16}}
| birth_place = Anniston, Alabama, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|12|18|1919|01|16}}
| death_place = Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
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| position1 = Center / Linebacker
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 190
| college = University of Alabama
| playing_years1 = 1943
| playing_team1 = Chicago Cardinals
| playing_years2 = 1943
| playing_team2 = Brooklyn Dodgers
| playing_years3 = 1944
| playing_team3 = Brooklyn Tigers
| career_highlights =
| NFL = STE811668
}}Vaughn Morton Stewart, (January 16, 1919{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024556/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=STEWAVAU01 "Vaughn Stewart"]}} at DatabaseFootball.com — December 18, 1992{{Cite web |url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ |title=Social Security Death Index |access-date=December 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127100448/http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ssdi.html |archive-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}) 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.
In 1943 he was selected as a center by the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League.[http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/8000/files/football/records/NFL/55-57.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=8000 "The NFL Draft"], Alabama Football 2006 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.[http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/players.nsf/ID/02450042 "Vaughn Stewart"], Football @ JT-SW.com He played one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943 and nine games for the renamed Brooklyn Tigers in 1944 before leaving the NFL.[http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/stats.nsf/Annual/1944-brk "1944 Brooklyn Tigers Stats"], Football @ JT-SW.com
After football
Stewart was the original co-chairman of the board for the [http://www.hmcahof.com/ Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame]. This hall of fame for athletes from Madison County was founded in 1989 thanks to his efforts.[http://www.hmcahof.com/ Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame site] Stewart himself was inducted into the hall of fame in 1990.[http://www.hmcahof.com/inductee_alphabetical.php?myindex=147 Huntsville-Madison County Athletic HOF Member page for Vaughn Stewart] He died in 1992 in Huntsville, Alabama.
References
- Bear Bryant Museum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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Category:Players of American football from Anniston, Alabama
Category:American football centers
Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football players
Category:Chicago Cardinals players
Category:Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players
Category:Brooklyn Tigers players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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