Herb stone

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Herb stone
Positions:
Center , Guard 		Jersey number (s):
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born March 27, 1898 in Warren , Ohio
died on October 25, 1980 in Rocky River , Ohio
Career information
Active : 1921 - 1928
College : University of Pittsburgh
Teams
Career statistics
Games     54
as a starter     46
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
College Football Hall of Fame

Herbert "Herb" Alfred Stein (born March 27, 1898 in Warren , Ohio , USA ; † October 25, 1980 in Rocky River , Ohio) was an American football player . He played in the National Football League (NFL) , among others .

youth

Herb and his older brother Russ Stein both grew up in Niles , Ohio. Her parents were farmers . Both brothers enjoyed a strict upbringing. As for children who were growing up on a farm at the time, they too had to help with field work. Nevertheless, they could both be in their hometown of Niles the high school visit where they played football. Due to his size and weight, Herb Stein was a fullback on his school team .

Player career

College career

Herb Stein studied at the University of Pittsburgh from 1918 to 1921 . With the Pittsburgh Panthers he was retrained to the center . In 1918 he and his team won the national championship in college football. From 1920 he was team captain and was voted All-American in both 1920 and 1921 .

Professional career

Herb Stein played a game for the Buffalo All-Americans in 1921 . In 1922 and 1923 he was under contract with the Toledo Maroons and in 1924 with his brother Russ in the Frankford Yellow Jackets . Both moved to the Pottsville Maroons in 1925 . In 1925 there was controversy in the NFL over winning the title. Both the Chicago Cardinals and the Maroons claimed the title for themselves. The Cardinals had won 11 games, lost two and played one game during the season. The Maroons, on the other hand, went away as winners in 12 of their own games, ten times. They won their game against the Cardinals 21: 7, with Herb Stein catching an interception . However, the von Stein team committed a (supposed) rule violation. The Maroons were the top NFL team in the eastern United States. They had beaten their arch-rivals, the Frankford Yellow Jackets in the regular season and had thus acquired the right to a friendly against an all-star team from the University of Notre Dame . This game was financially very lucrative, the team from South Bend wanted to play with numerous well-known college football stars such as Harry Stuhldreher or Elmer Layden and this would have promised good audience income. The Maroons booked a larger stadium in Philadelphia to host the game. To prevent the Maroons from playing against the University of Notre Dame there, Herb Stein's old team started a regular season game on the same day and made their claim to the NFL, whereupon the NFL warned the Maroons not to play the game in Philadelphia . The Maroons assumed they could ignore this warning (allegedly they were given permission to play the game in a phone call) and were immediately suspended from the NFL after the game and the Cardinals were declared champions. The immediate suspension of the Maroons also meant that they could no longer play their season to the end. In the event of a victory in the last regular championship game against the Providence Steam Roller , which should have taken place one day after the game against the University of Notre Dame, they would no longer be overtaken and the championship title would undoubtedly no longer have been stolen from them.

In 1926 Stein's brother Russ switched to the Canton Bulldogs and he himself only narrowly failed to win the championship with his maroons. After two weaker playing years in 1927 and 1928, Herb Stein ended his professional career in 1928.

Honors

Herb Stein was voted All-Pro three times . He has been a member of the College Football Hall of Fame since 1967 .

According to the NFL

Herb Stein returned to Ohio. Both his brother and himself were successful business people. Herb Stein operated, among other things, a car dealership for Lincoln automobiles .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual statistics of the Maroons 1925
  2. ↑ Annual statistics of the Maroons 1926
personal data
SURNAME Stone, herb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stein, Herbert Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player and coach, baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Warren , Ohio , USA
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 1980
Place of death Rocky River , Ohio