Stephen Barchet
American football player, naval officer (1901–1964)
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Stephen George Barchet (April 4, 1901 – November 30, 1964) was an American football player and a rear admiral in the United States Navy.
St. Margaret's, Maryland, US
Annapolis, Maryland, US
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| Navy Midshipmen | |
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| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | April 4, 1901 St. Margaret's, Maryland, US |
| Died | November 30, 1964 (aged 63) Annapolis, Maryland, US |
| Career information | |
| College | Navy (1921-1922) |
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Barchet was born in St. Margaret's, Maryland, in 1901.[1] He received his early education at the Donaldson School in Baltimore, St. John's College in Annapolis and Johns Hopkins University.[2] Barchet then attended the United States Naval Academy, where he played baseball and football.[1] He played as a halfback for the Navy Midshipmen football team and was selected by Walter Camp as a third-team All-American in both 1921 and 1922 and won the Thompson Trophy in 1922.[3][4]
After graduating from the Naval Academy, Barchet served in the United States Navy for 30 years from 1924 to 1954, attaining the rank of rear admiral.[5] He commanded USS Argonaut, which was near Midway Island, when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred.[5] He later commanded a submarine division base in Panama and served as operations officer for the Atlantic submarine force.[1] In 1945, he received the Legion of Merit for his contributions to the development of the Atlantic and Pacific submarine fleets.[6] In all, Barchet received two awards of the Legion of Merit and a Bronze Star Medal for his World War II service.[2]
From June 1949 to March 1951, Barchet was assigned to the Naval War College, where he served as administrative secretary.[2][7] He retired from the Navy in 1954 and was advanced to rear admiral on the retired list.[8] He later worked for the American Trading and Production Company and as the head of a paper company in Alabama. He died in 1964 at age 63 at the naval hospital in Annapolis, Maryland.[1] He was buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife Louise Elizabeth Lankford.[9]