"Big" Stovall c. 1908
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LSU Tigers | |
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Position | Center |
Class | Graduate |
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College | LSU (1906–1909) |
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Date of birth | February 22, 1886 |
Place of birth | Dodson, Louisiana |
Date of death | January 8, 1949 | (aged 62)
Place of death | Pineville, Louisiana |
Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) |
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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.
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.