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Robert L. Stovall

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Robert L. Stovall
"Big" Stovall c. 1908
LSU Tigers
PositionCenter
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1886-02-22)February 22, 1886
Dodson, Louisiana, U.S.
Died:January 8, 1949(1949-01-08) (aged 62)
Pineville, Louisiana, U.S.
Weight140 lb (64 kg)
Career history
CollegeLSU (1906–1909)
Bowl games
Career highlights and awards

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

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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]

References

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