Robert L. Stovall Explained

Robert L. Stovall
Birth Date:22 February 1886
Birth Place:Dodson, Louisiana, U.S.
Death Place:Pineville, Louisiana, U.S.
School:LSU Tigers
Class:Graduate
Weight Lb:140
Pastschools:LSU (1906 - 1909)
Currentposition:Center
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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]

Notes and References

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