Lex Stone
Biographical details
Born
(1885-05-19)May 19, 1885
Dellrose, Tennessee, U.S.
Died
March 22, 1925(1925-03-22) (aged 39)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1906–1907
Position(s)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1910
Basketball
1910–1911
Head coaching record
Overall
3–5–1 (football)
7–9 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-Southern
2nd All-Time Sewanee football team
Andrew Alexis "Lex" Stone[1] (May 19, 1885 – March 22, 1925)[2] was an American football player, a coach of football and basketball, and a politician.
Stone was a prominent tackle for the Sewanee TigersofSewanee:The University of the South.[3] At Sewanee he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. Stone was picked as a second-team tackle on Sewanee's All-time football team.[4] He stood some 6'2" and 172 pounds.
Stone was selected All-Southern in 1907. Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin wrote "Lex Stone, of Sewanee, at left tackle was also an exceptional man. He is strong, fast, heavy and good running with the ball or stopping an opponent who has it. He, too, is a line man of a decade for a SIAA college."[5] He was given honorable mention by Walter Camp.[6]
Stone served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee for one season in 1910, compiling a record 3–5–1. He also coached the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team during the 1910–11 season, tallying a mark of 7–9. Stone also served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915.
Year
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Bowl/playoffs
3–5–1
1–4
13th
Tennessee:
3–5–1
1–4
Total:
3–5–1
Statistics overview
Season
Team
Overall
Conference
Standing
Postseason
Tennessee Volunteers () (1910–1911)
7–9
Tennessee:
7–9 (.438)
Total:
7–9 (.438)
# denotes interim head coach
# denotes interim head coach
Backfield
Line
† = Unanimous selection
Backfield
Line
† = Unanimous selection
