| Alabama Crimson Tide | |
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| Position | Halfback/Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1899-06-14)June 14, 1899 Marlin, Texas |
| Died: | March 29, 1965(1965-03-29) (aged 65) Marlin, Texas |
| Career history | |
| College | Alabama (1919–1922) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Charles Henry "Stumpy" Bartlett (June 14, 1899 – March 29, 1965)[1] was a college football player.
Bartlett was from Marlin, Texas.
Bartlett was a prominent halfback and quarterback for Xen C. Scott's Alabama Crimson Tide football teams of the University of Alabama.[2]
Bartlett starred in the first ever meeting against the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrelsin1922. Alabama won 41–0 before 3,000 fans at Tuscaloosa.[3][4][5] Bartlett scored five of their six touchdowns in the victory. He scored touchdowns on a 26-yard run in the first, a 15-yard reception from Hulet Whitaker in the second, and on a pair of runs in the third and one in the fourth.[4] In the tie against Sewanee, Bartlett threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to Allen MacCartee.[6] The upset of Penn 9–7 on November 4 was the highlight of the year. Alabama's own website has this account of the winning drive: "Alabama came back strong in the second quarter on the back of leader Charles Bartlett. Bartlett drove the team down the field on most notably a 22 yard run from the 27 that put the ball on the Penn 4 yard line. Pooley Hubert went in the rest of the way but fumbled the ball in the endzone. Shorty Propst recovered the ball and gave Alabama the 9-7 lead that they would never give up."[7] The next week Alabama beat LSU 47–3 in what was then the largest crowd ever to witness a game at Denny Field. Bartlett was responsible for three touchdowns.[8] Bartlett was selected for the All-Southern team of Marvin McCarthy, sporting editor for the Birmingham Age-Herald,[9] and given honorable mention on the All-America team of Walter Camp.[10]
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