Stub Stewart
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Walter Leslie "Stub" Stewart (1888 – August 15, 1974) was an American athlete and coach for the University of Iowa. He earned nine athletic letters at Iowa in football, basketball, and baseball from 1907 to 1910. Stewart later served as the head coach of Iowa's basketball and baseball teams from 1910 to 1912.
Walter "Stub" Stewart was born in Tecumseh, Nebraska, but he moved to Iowa at age seven. He attended Des Moines West High School and won letters in football, baseball, and track from 1904 to 1906. Since his high school did not yet support a basketball team, Stewart played basketball for the local Y.M.C.A. team, which went undefeated in his three years there.[1]
Walter Stewart was nicknamed "Stub" because he stood five feet, five inches tall and never weighed more than 130 pounds during his athletic career.[2] Still, he went to the University of Iowa and earned nine athletic letters in football, basketball, and baseball from 1907 to 1910. Stewart was the second team All-Big Ten quarterback as a senior in 1909. He was the captain of the baseball team as a second baseman in 1909 and captain of the basketball squad in 1910.[3]