Stewart Stover

Smokey Stover
No. 35
Position:	Linebacker
Personal information
Date of birth:	August 24, 1938 (age 86)
Place of birth:	McPherson, Kansas
Career information
College:	Louisiana Monroe
Undrafted:	1960
Career history
	AFL Dallas Texans (1960-1962); AFL Kansas City Chiefs (1963-1966); CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1967);
Career highlights and awards
	Louisiana Monroe Hall Of Fame; American Football League Champion, 1962 and 1966; Canadian Football League Grey Cup Champion, 1967;
	Player stats at PFR

Stewart Lynn "Smokey" Stover (born August 24, 1938) is a former American college fullback and professional football 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.^[1]^[2]

When he was signed in 1960 as an original Dallas Texan in the American Football League, head coach Hank Stram converted him to a top linebacker with excellent reflexes. 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.^[1]

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