Marvin Stewart

For the basketball player, see Marvin Stewart (basketball).

Marvin Stewart
LSU Tigers
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born:September 25, 1912 (1912-09-25)
Died:August 30, 2009 (2009-08-31) (aged 96)
Pebble Beach, California, U.S.
Career history
College
  • LSU (1934–1936)
Bowl games
Career highlights and awards
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchMarine Corps
Years of service1941–1964
RankLieutenant colonel
ConflictsWorld War II, Korea

Marvin Christopher "Moose" Stewart (September 25, 1912 – August 30, 2009) was an American collegiate football player and United States Marine Corps officer. He attended Louisiana State University, where he was a lineman for the LSU Tigers football team. He was a third-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1935 and a second-team All-SEC selection in 1936. Stewart was inducted into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1937.

Biography

Stewart was born on September 25, 1912, to Thomas Jefferson Stewart and Mary Frances Stockstill.

Stewart began his career for the LSU Tigers as a center in 1934.[1] He was a starter for the 1935 team, and played alongside future College Football Hall of Famers Abe Mickal and Gaynell Tinsley. LSU went 9–1 in the regular season and were invited to the 1936 Sugar Bowl, where they were defeated, 3–2, by quarterback Sammy Baugh and Texas Christian University.[2] The Tigers were named Southeastern Conference champions after going undefeated in conference play.[3] The Helms Foundation named Stewart to its All-America team after the season.[1][3]

In 1936, his senior season, he led the team to an undefeated regular season and another Sugar Bowl appearance.[1] They were defeated by Santa Clara, 21–14.[4] LSU won its second SEC championship in a row, and for the second year in a row Stewart was named an All-American by the Helms Foundation.[1][3] He was also named to the All-SEC team by the Associated Press.[5][6] Stewart was selected in the second round of the 1937 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, but did not play professionally.[7] In 1937, he was one of a group of fourteen players to be the first elected to the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame, along with his former teammates Mikal and Tinsley.[8]

Stewart joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1941 and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.[9][10] He was head coach of the Quantico Marines Devil Dogs football team in 1947; the team was 12–1 while playing mostly against other military teams, losing only to Washington and Lee in the first game of the season.[11][12]

Stewart lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for most of his life, but moved to California in the 1990s.[3] He died in Pebble Beach, California, on August 30, 2009, at the age of 96.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "2005 LSU Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 158. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "1936 Game Recap".
  3. ^ a b c d Bonnette, Michael (October 29, 2009). "Tiger Legend 'Moose' Stewart Dies, 97". LSUsports.net. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  4. ^ "1937 Game Recap". Allstatesugarbowl.com. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  5. ^ Kenneth Gregory (December 3, 1936). "L.S.U. Places Seven Men On All--Southeastern Elevens". The Daily Times-News. p. 8. Retrieved May 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Associated Press Names All-Southeastern Eleven". St. Petersburg Times. December 1, 1936.
  7. ^ "1937 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  8. ^ LSU Sports Interactive (September 3, 2015). "LSU Athletics Hall of Fame Members". LSUsports.net. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Marvin Stewart Obituary". The Advocate. September 5, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  10. ^ Keefe, Bill (February 16, 1941). "He Would Have Chosen It". The Times-Picayune. p. 7.
  11. ^ "Quantico Football 1943 thru 1963" (PDF). jarheadjocks.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 19, 2019 – via Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ "W.&L. Eleven Beats Quantico Marines, 13-0". The Baltimore Sun. AP. September 21, 1947. p. 31. Retrieved February 12, 2020 – via newspapers.com.