Lex Stone Explained

Lex Stone
Birth Date:19 May 1885
Birth Place:Dellrose, Tennessee, U.S.
Death Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1906–1907
Player Team2:Sewanee
Player Positions:Tackle
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1910
Coach Team2:Tennessee
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1910–1911
Coach Team4:Tennessee
Overall Record:3–5–1 (football)
7–9 (basketball)
Awards:All-Southern
2nd All-Time Sewanee football team

Andrew Alexis "Lex" Stone[1] (May 19, 1885 – March 22, 1925)[2] was an American football player, a coach of football and basketball, and a politician.

Sewanee

Stone was a prominent tackle for the Sewanee Tigers of .[3] At Sewanee he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. Stone was picked as a second-team tackle on Sewanee's All-time football team.[4] He stood some 6'2" and 172 pounds.

1907

Stone was selected All-Southern in 1907. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin wrote "Lex Stone, of Sewanee, at left tackle was also an exceptional man. He is strong, fast, heavy and good running with the ball or stopping an opponent who has it. He, too, is a line man of a decade for a SIAA college."[5] He was given honorable mention by Walter Camp.[6]

Tennessee

Stone served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee for one season in 1910, compiling a record 3–5–1. He also coached the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team during the 1910–11 season, tallying a mark of 7–9. Stone also served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915.

Head coaching record

Basketball

Notes and References

  1. http://yearbook.lib.utk.edu/index.php?bid=84&pg=28 The Volunteer
  2. Web site: Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. The catalogue of the Phi delta theta fraternity online. (page 138 of 217).
  3. Stone, Andrew Alexis. Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly: 1901-1931. 1975. 631. 9780874020083. McBride. Robert Martin. Robison. Dan Merritt. Cornwell. Ilene J..
  4. Sewanee's All-Time Football Team. Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
  5. Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball. 71–75. Dan McGugin. Dan McGugin. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 1907.
  6. News: Camp Selects Team. The Washington Herald. December 27, 1907. 8. March 14, 2015. Newspapers.com.