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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1882-04-18)April 18, 1882 Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | August 25, 1926(1926-08-25) (aged 44) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University (1908) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1904–1907 | Vanderbilt |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908 | Clemson |
| Basketball | |
| 1906–1907 | Vanderbilt |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–6 (football) 7–6–1 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Football: 4xAll-Southern (1904–1907) AP Southeast All-Time team 1869–1919 era 1912 All-time Vandy 1st team 1934 All-time Vandy team | |
James Nollner "Stein" Stone Sr.[1] (April 18, 1882 – August 25, 1926) was anAmerican football andbasketball player and coach. "Stein" is the German for stone.[2]
At Vanderbilt he was a member of theDelta Tau Delta fraternity.[3][4]
He was a four timeAll-Southerncenter forDan McGugin'sVanderbilt football teams, selected for the position on all-time Vanderbilt teams in 1912 and 1934.[5][6] He was also selected for anAssociated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869–1919 era.[7] On another all-time team of Southerners, one finds "For center we shove in Stein Stone of Vanderbilt, who is about as good as man as the South ever saw. Vanderbilt will have about eight of these eleven men."[8] In 1915,John Heisman selected his 30 best Southern football players, and Stone was mentioned 17th.[9] He was some 6 foot 3 and 180 pounds.[10]
In the1907 game againstMichigan, "In the duel of centers, Stone of Vanderbilt, had the best of"Germany" Schulz. Michigan's massive center. Stone's play was spectacular all the way."[11] His catch on adouble-pass play then thrown near theend zone byBob Blake[12] to set up the touchdown run in byHonus Craig that beatSewanee, for the SIAA championship in 1907, was cited byGrantland Rice as the greatest thrill he ever witnessed in his years of watching sports.[13]
On top of this, Stein was supposedly "the finest basketball player in Dixie."[14]
He served as thehead coach of theClemsoncollege football program in1908.[15] The Tigers won just a single game, though captain Stick Coles was selected second-team All-Southern. Stein later worked as an engineer inBristol, Tennessee, where he and his wife, the former Camille Evans, whom he married in 1911, lived.[16][17]
He died in 1926 in Nashville oflung andoral cancer. He is buried atMount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.[18][19]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson Tigers(Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Clemson | 1–6 | 1–4 | 11th | |||||
| Clemson: | 1–6 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–6 | ||||||||
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Commodores(Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(1905–1908) | |||||||||
| 1906–07 | Vanderbilt | 7–6–1 | |||||||
| Vanderbilt: | 7–6–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 7–6–1 | ||||||||
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