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(Redirected from Smokey Stover (football player)) American gridiron football player (born 1938)

American football player

Smokey Stover

No. 35

Position:

Linebacker

Personal information

Born:

(1938-08-24) August 24, 1938 (age 86)
McPherson, Kansas, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight:

227 lb (103 kg)

Career information

High school:

Seminole (OK)

College:

Northeast Louisiana

Undrafted:

1960

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Louisiana Monroe Hall Of Fame
2× AFL Champion (1962, 1966)
Grey Cup Champion (1967)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	98
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Stewart Lynn "Smokey" Stover (born August 24, 1938) is an American former gridiron football player. He played college football at Northeast Louisiana State College—now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe—as a fullback and professionally in the American Football League (AFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a linebacker.

Stover was raised in Oilton, Oklahoma, and Vidaway, Oklahoma, and attended a military high school in Claremore, Oklahoma. He played football at Murray State College in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, where he was later elected to first class of the school's hall of fame in 1978.

When he was signed in 1960 as an original Dallas Texan in the American Football League, head coach Hank Stram converted him to a linebacker. He played for the Texans in their classic double-overtime victory over the two-time defending AFL Champion Houston Oilers in 1962, and for the Kansas City Chiefs when they won the 1966 AFL title, once again over a two-time defending AFL Champion, this time the Buffalo Bills, and played in the first AFL-NFL World Championship game. After leaving the Chiefs following the 1966 AFL season, Stover played for the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats, winning the Grey Cup with them in 1967. After his football career, he moved to Lafayette, Louisiana.

References

^ Jimmie Tramel, "'Smokey' Stover was state's super (bowl) man", Tulsa World, October 10, 2010.
ULM Warhawk Football Records Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (University of Louisiana at Monroe, 2007), p.105 (accessed October 10, 2010).

v t e Dallas Texans 1960 inaugural season roster
14 Hunter Enis 18 Don Flynn 19 Cotton Davidson 21 Dave Webster 22 Johnny Bookman 23 Jim Swink 28 Abner Haynes 30 Jack Spikes 32 Bo Dickinson 33 Curley Johnson 35 Smokey Stover 36 Clem Daniels 40 Charlie Jackson 42 Johnny Robinson 44 Jimmy Harris 46 Carroll Zaruba 48 Duane Wood 50 Jim Barton 54 Ted Greene 55 Tom Dimmick 56 Walt Corey 60 Al Reynolds 61 Bob Hudson 62 Sid Fournet 63 Marvin Terrell 64 Bill Krisher 66 Dick Frey 68 R. B. Nunnery 69 Sherrill Headrick 70 Jack Stone 71 Ray Collins 72 Paul Rochester 74 Jerry Cornelison 75 Rufus Granderson 76 Walter Napier 79 Charley Diamond 80 Max Boydston 85 Ed Bernet 86 Paul Miller 87 Mel Branch 88 Chris Burford 89 Bob Bryant Head coach: Hank Stram Assistant coaches: Ed Hughes Bill Walsh

Dallas Texans 1960 inaugural season roster

Head coach: Hank Stram

Assistant coaches: Ed Hughes
Bill Walsh

v t e Dallas Texans 1962 AFL champions
1 Tom Pennington 10 Jimmy Saxton 12 Eddie Wilson 14 Bobby Ply 16 Len Dawson 19 Cotton Davidson 20 Bobby Hunt 26 Frank Jackson 28 Abner Haynes 30 Jack Spikes 32 Curtis McClinton 35 Smokey Stover 42 Johnny Robinson 44 Edward Kelley 45 Dave Grayson 48 Duane Wood 54 Ted Greene 55 E. J. Holub 56 Walt Corey 60 Al Reynolds 63 Marvin Terrell 64 Curt Merz 65 Jon Gilliam 66 Sonny Bishop 67 Carl Larpenter 69 Sherrill Headrick 72 Paul Rochester 74 Jerry Cornelison 75 Jerry Mays 77 Jim Tyrer 79 Charley Diamond 81 Tommy Brooker 82 Bill Miller 84 Fred Arbanas 85 Bill Hull 86 Dick Davis 87 Mel Branch 88 Chris Burford Head coach: Hank Stram Assistant coaches: Tom Catlin Bob Ghilotti Ed Hughes Bill Walsh

Dallas Texans 1962 AFL champions

Head coach: Hank Stram

Assistant coaches: Tom Catlin
Bob Ghilotti
Ed Hughes
Bill Walsh

v t e Kansas City Chiefs 1966 AFL champions
52 Bud Abell 84 Fred Arbanas 10 Pete Beathard 78 Bobby Bell 61 Dennis Biodrowski 38 Solomon Brannan 81 Tommy Brooker 87 Aaron Brown 86 Buck Buchanan 71 Ed Budde 88 Chris Burford 80 Reggie Carolan 23 Bert Coan 56 Walt Corey 16 Len Dawson 72 Tony DiMidio 66 Wayne Frazier 21 Mike Garrett 65 Jon Gilliam 69 Sherrill Headrick 73 Dave Hill 12 Jimmy Hill 55 E. J. Holub 20 Bobby Hunt 85 Chuck Hurston 82 Ed Lothamer 75 Jerry Mays 32 Curtis McClinton 15 Mike Mercer 64 Curt Merz 22 Willie Mitchell 25 Frank Pitts 14 Bobby Ply 60 Al Reynolds 58 Andy Rice 42 Johnny Robinson 76 Hatch Rosdahl 17 Fletcher Smith 35 Smokey Stover 89 Otis Taylor 18 Emmitt Thomas 45 Gene Thomas 77 Jim Tyrer 24 Fred Williamson 44 Jerrel Wilson Head coach: Hank Stram Assistant coaches: Tom Bettis Darrel Brewster Tommy O'Boyle Tom Pratt Bill Walsh

Kansas City Chiefs 1966 AFL champions

Head coach: Hank Stram

v t e Hamilton Tiger-Cats 55th Grey Cup champions
John Barrow Willie Bethea Ron Brewer Gene Ceppetelli Gord Christian John Cimba Tommy Joe Coffey Dick Cohee Bill Danychuk Gene Donaldson Dave Fleming Richard Gibbs Tommy Grant Barrie Hansen Garney Henley Jon Hohman Ellison Kelly Bob Krouse Roger LaLonde Billy Ray Locklin John Michaluk Doug Mitchell Angelo Mosca Jack O'Billovich Ted Page Herb Paterra Hal Patterson Bill Redell Jim Reynolds Bob Richardson Bill Seman Bob Steiner Bob Storey Stewart Stover Ed Turek Charlie Turner Clem Turner Dave Viti Sharon Washington Ted Watkins Joe Zuger Head coach: Ralph Sazio

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 55th Grey Cup champions

Head coach: Ralph Sazio

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