Lex Stone

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Lex Stone
Biographical details
Born(1885-05-19)May 19, 1885
Dellrose, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedMarch 22, 1925(1925-03-22) (aged 39)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1906–1907Sewanee
Position(s)Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1910Tennessee
Basketball
1910–1911Tennessee
Head coaching record
Overall3–5–1 (football)
7–9 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
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[edit]

Stone was a prominent tackle for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South.[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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Football[edit]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Tennessee Volunteers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1910)
1910 Tennessee 3–5–1 1–4 13th
Tennessee: 3–5–1 1–4
Total: 3–5–1

Basketball[edit]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Tennessee Volunteers () (1910–1911)
1910–11 Tennessee 7–9
Tennessee: 7–9 (.438)
Total: 7–9 (.438)

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Volunteer (yearbook) p. 28
  2. ^ "Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. The catalogue of the Phi delta theta fraternity online. (page 138 of 217)".
  3. ^ McBride, Robert Martin; Robison, Dan Merritt; Cornwell, Ilene J. (1975). "Stone, Andrew Alexis". Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly: 1901-1931: 631. ISBN 9780874020083.
  4. ^ "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
  5. ^ Dan McGugin (1907). "Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Foot Ball". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association: 71–75.
  6. ^ "Camp Selects Team". The Washington Herald. December 27, 1907. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon