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Robert L. Stovall

Robert L. Stovall
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"Big" Stovall c. 1908
LSU Tigers
Position Center
Class Graduate
Career history
College LSU (1906–1909)
Bowl games
Personal information
Date of birth (1886-02-22)February 22, 1886
Place of birth Dodson, Louisiana
Date of death January 8, 1949(1949-01-08) (aged 62)
Place of death Pineville, Louisiana
Weight 140 lb (64 kg)
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.

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. 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.



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