Position: Guard Name Vard Stockton | Place of birth: Nebraska Date of birth: June 2, 1916 | |
Date of death: September 29, 1946 (age 30) College: University of California | ||
Place of death: Uintah County, Utah | ||
Vard Albert Stockton, Jr. (June 2, 1916 – September 29, 1946) was an American football player. A native of Nebraska, Stockton moved to Southern California as a boy and attended Alhambra High School. His father, Vard Stockton, Sr., was a noted photographer who was friends with, and an influence on, Norman Rockwell. The younger Stockton later attended the University of California, Berkeley, and played college football for the California Golden Bears football team. He played at the guard position for the Golden Bears and was selected by United Press, Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), International News Service (INS), Central Press Association, and North American Newspaper Alliance as a first-team guard on the 1937 College Football All-America Team.