Stan Cofall
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Wingback Tailback |
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| Date of birth: | May 5, 1894 |
| Place of birth: | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Date of death: | September 21, 1962 (aged 68) |
| Place of death: | Peninsula, Ohio |
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| College: | Notre Dame |
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Stanley Bingham Cofall (May 5, 1894 – September 21, 1961) was an American football player and coach.
Cofall was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Fred and Ida Bingham Cofall. In 1910 he played football at East Technical High School. He then moved to East High School where he became all-scholastic in football and ice hockey.
Cofall attended the University of Notre Dame where he played halfback. In 1914, Cofall's first year with the Irish, he scored 9 touchdowns, and led the team with 82 points. The following year, Stan scored 9 touchdowns and again led the team with 71 points. After scoring 12 touchdowns and 84 points in 1916,he was named to several All-American teams. Stan also served as the team's captain that year.
After graduation in 1917 he served as a player-coach with the professional Massillon Tigers. His football career went on hiatus from 1918 to 1919, while serving in World War I. After the war, Cofall helped organize the Cleveland Indians football team, and the following year he and owner Jimmy O'Donnell traveled to Canton, Ohio, and attended a meeting where the American Professional Football Association (later named the National Football league) was organized. At the meeting Cofall was named as the league's first vice president. In 1921 he played one game with the short-lived New York Brickley Giants.
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