Roy Stewart
American football coach and college athletics administrator
About Roy Stewart
Lived 1901 – 1980 (aged 78). Roy Stewart was an American american football coach.
Roy Lee Stewart (August 28, 1901 – April 5, 1980) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee from 1927 to 1930 and Murray State Teachers College—now known as Murray State University—in Murray, Kentucky from 1932 to 1940 and again from 1942 to 1945. Stewart was also the athletic director at Murray State from 1940 to 1966 He came to Murray State in 1931 as an assistant coach. Stewart died on April 5, 1980, at Murray-Calloway County Hospital, in Murray, ten days after undergoing surgery.
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Who was Roy Stewart?
American football coach and college athletics administrator (1901-1980)
When was Roy Stewart born?
Roy Stewart was born on 28 August 1901.
When did Roy Stewart die?
Roy Stewart died on 5 April 1980 in Murray.
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Roy Stewart was an american football coach.
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Roy Stewart was American.
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