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American football player, naval officer (1901–1964)

Stephen Barchet
Navy Midshipmen
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Born:(1901-04-04)April 4, 1901
St. Margaret's, Maryland, US
Died:November 30, 1964(1964-11-30) (aged 63)
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Career history
CollegeNavy (1921-1922)
Career highlights and awards

Stephen George Barchet (April 4, 1901 – November 30, 1964) was an American football player and a rear admiral in the United States Navy.

Barchet was born in St. Margaret's, Maryland, in 1901. He attended the United States Naval Academy where he played baseball and football at the Naval Academy. He played as a halfback for the Navy Midshipmen football team and was selected by Walter Camp as a third-team All-American in both 1921 and 1922 and won the Thompson Trophy in 1922.

After graduating from the Naval Academy, Barchet served in the United States Navy for 30 years from 1924 to 1954, attaining the rank of rear admiral. He commanded USS Argonaut, which was near Midway Island, when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. He later commanded a submarine division base in Panama and served as operations officer for the Atlantic submarine force. In 1945, he received the Legion of Merit for his contributions to the development of the Atlantic and Pacific submarine fleets.

He retired from the Navy in 1954. He later worked for the American Trading and Production Company and as the head of a paper company in Alabama. He died in 1964 at age 63 at the naval hospital in Annapolis, Maryland. He was buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife Louise Elizabeth Lankford.

References

  1. ^ "Admiral Barchet, Sub Commander, Grid Star". The Baltimore Sun. December 1, 1964. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Walter Camp's All-America Selections for 1921" (PDF). The New York Times. December 21, 1921. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
  3. "Championship Locke At Quarter on Camp's First Team". Iowa City Press-Citizen. December 26, 1922.
  4. ^ "Rear Admiral Stephen G. Barchet". FleetSubmarine.com. November 2015.
  5. "Capt. Barchet Honored For Submarine Work". The Baltimore Sun. February 27, 1945. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Captain Barchet Retires This Month As Rear Admiral". Great Lakes Bulletin. June 11, 1954. p. 2 – via Newspaper.com.
  7. "Adm. Barchet Funeral Set". The Baltimore Sun. December 2, 1964. p. 23 – via Newspapers.coma.
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