College Louisiana Monroe Positions Linebacker Jersey number 35 | Role American football player Name Stewart Stover | |
Born August 24, 1938 (age 85)
McPherson, Kansas ( 1938-08-24 ) AFL Draft 1960 / Round : Free Agent Honors Louisiana Monroe Hall Of Fame
American Football League
Champion, 1962 and 1966
Canadian Football League Grey Cup Champion, 1967 1960-1962
1963-1966
1967 AFL Dallas Texans
AFL Kansas City Chiefs
CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats Education University of Louisiana at Monroe | ||
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.