Marvin Stewart

{{Infobox college football player

| name = Marvin Stewart

| image = Marvin_Stewart.jpg

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| school = LSU Tigers

| currentposition = Center

| pastschools =

LSU (1934–1936)

| bowlgames =

2× Sugar Bowl (1936, 1937)

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| birth_date = {{birth-date|September 25, 1912}}

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| death_date = {{death-date and age|August 30, 2009|September 25, 1912}}

| death_place = Pebble Beach, California, U.S.

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| highlights =

Second-team All-SEC (1936)
LSU Athletic Hall of Fame

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|allegiance = United States

|branch = Marine Corps

|serviceyears = 1941–1964

|rank = Lieutenant colonel

|battles_label= Conflicts

|battles = World War II, Korea

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Marvin Christopher "Moose" Stewart (September 25, 1912 – August 30, 2009) was an American collegiate football player and United States Marine Corps officer. He attended Louisiana State University, where he was a lineman for the LSU Tigers football team. He was a third-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1935 and a second-team All-SEC selection in 1936. Stewart was inducted into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1937.

Biography

Stewart was born on September 25, 1912, to Thomas Jefferson Stewart and Mary Frances Stockstill.

Stewart began his career for the LSU Tigers as a center in 1934.{{cite web|title=2005 LSU Football Media Guide |url=http://www.lsusports.net/src/data/lsu/assets/docs/fb/pdf/05fbguide158-176.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=5200 |accessdate=February 6, 2016 |page=158 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726015947/http://www.lsusports.net/src/data/lsu/assets/docs/fb/pdf/05fbguide158-176.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=5200 |archivedate=July 26, 2015 }} He was a starter for the 1935 team, and played alongside future College Football Hall of Famers Abe Mickal and Gaynell Tinsley. LSU went 9–1 in the regular season and were invited to the 1936 Sugar Bowl, where they were defeated, 3–2, by quarterback Sammy Baugh and Texas Christian University.{{cite web |title = 1936 Game Recap |url = http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site165.php}} The Tigers were named Southeastern Conference champions after going undefeated in conference play.{{cite web|last1=Bonnette|first1=Michael|title=Tiger Legend 'Moose' Stewart Dies, 97|url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=204784870|website=LSUsports.net|accessdate=February 6, 2016|date=October 29, 2009}} The Helms Foundation named Stewart to its All-America team after the season.

In 1936, his senior season, he led the team to an undefeated regular season and another Sugar Bowl appearance. They were defeated by Santa Clara, 21–14.{{cite web|title=1937 Game Recap|url=https://allstatesugarbowl.org/site164.php|website=Allstatesugarbowl.com|accessdate=February 6, 2016}} LSU won its second SEC championship in a row, and for the second year in a row Stewart was named an All-American by the Helms Foundation. He was also named to the All-SEC team by the Associated Press.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2485498/the_daily_timesnews/|page=8|date=December 3, 1936|accessdate=May 26, 2015|title=L.S.U. Places Seven Men On All--Southeastern Elevens|author=Kenneth Gregory|work=The Daily Times-News|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19361201&id=uhtPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Bk4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6380,338358&hl=en|work=St. Petersburg Times|date=December 1, 1936|title=Associated Press Names All-Southeastern Eleven}} Stewart was selected in the second round of the 1937 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, but did not play professionally.{{Cite web |title=1937 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1937/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} In 1937, he was one of a group of fourteen players to be the first elected to the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame, along with his former teammates Mikal and Tinsley.{{cite web|author1=LSU Sports Interactive|title=LSU Athletics Hall of Fame Members|url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=177326|website=LSUsports.net|accessdate=February 6, 2016|date=September 3, 2015}}

Stewart joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1941 and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.{{cite web|title=Marvin Stewart Obituary|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=marvin-christopher-stewart&pid=132320711|website=The Advocate|accessdate=February 6, 2016|date=September 5, 2009}}{{cite news|last1=Keefe|first1=Bill|title=He Would Have Chosen It|work=The Times-Picayune|date=February 16, 1941|page=7}} He was head coach of the Quantico Marines Devil Dogs football team in 1947; the team was 12–1 while playing mostly against other military teams, losing only to Washington and Lee in the first game of the season.{{cite web |url=http://jarheadjocks.com/doc/Football%201943-63-2013.pdf |title=Quantico Football 1943 thru 1963 |website=jarheadjocks.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219092056/http://jarheadjocks.com/doc/Football%201943-63-2013.pdf |archive-date=February 19, 2019 |url-status=usurped |via=Wayback Machine}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44133187/wl_eleven_beats_quantico_marines/ |title=W.&L. Eleven Beats Quantico Marines, 13-0 |agency=AP |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=31 |date=September 21, 1947 |accessdate=February 12, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}

Stewart lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for most of his life, but moved to California in the 1990s. He died in Pebble Beach, California, on August 30, 2009, at the age of 96.

References

Category:1912 births

Category:2009 deaths

Category:Military personnel from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Category:Players of American football from Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Category:LSU Tigers football players

Category:American football centers

Category:United States Marine Corps colonels

Category:Quantico Marines Devil Dogs football coaches

Category:United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II