Vaughn Stewart

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Name=Vaughn Morton Stewart
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DateOfBirth=birth date|1919|01|16
Birthplace=Anniston, Alabama, United States
DateOfDeath=death date and age|1992|12|18|1919|01|16
Deathplace=Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Height_ft=6
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Weight_lbs=190
Position=Center / Linebacker
College=University of Alabama
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years=1943
1943
1944
teams=Chicago Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn Tigers

Vaughn Morton Stewart, (born January 16, 1919 [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=STEWAVAU01 "Vaughn Stewart"] at DatabaseFootball.com] - died December 18,1992 [ [http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ Social Security Death Index] ] ) 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 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 re-named 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