Tal Stafford
American athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator
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Talmage Holt "Tal" Stafford (January 7, 1890 – May 24, 1967) was an American football and baseball player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at North Carolina State University in 1918, compiling a record of 1–3. Stafford was also head basketball coach at NC State that same academic year, 1918–19, tallying a mark of 11–3, and the baseball coach at the school in the spring of 1919, amassing a record of 12–11.
BornJanuary 7, 1890
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedMay 24, 1967 (aged 77)
St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
1909–1911North Carolina A&M
1909–1912North Carolina A&M
Stafford pictured in The Agromeck 1919, NC State yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 7, 1890 Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | May 24, 1967 (aged 77) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1911 | North Carolina A&M |
| Baseball | |
| 1909–1912 | North Carolina A&M |
| 1912 | Ashville Moonshiners |
| 1913 | Middlesboro Colonels |
| Positions | Quarterback, end (football) Pitcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1917 | NC State (assistant) |
| 1918 | NC State |
| Basketball | |
| 1918–1919 | NC State |
| Baseball | |
| 1918 | NC State (assistant) |
| 1919 | NC State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1918–1920 | NC State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–3 (football) 11–3 (basketball) 12–11 (baseball) |
He was also the founding coach of the Cary High School football team in Cary, North Carolina.[1]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC State Aggies (South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1918) | |||||||||
| 1918 | NC State | 1–3 | 0–1 | T–6th | |||||
| NC State: | 1–3 | 0–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 1–3 | ||||||||
Baseball
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC State Wolfpack (Independent) (1919–1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | NC State | 12–11 | |||||||
| NC State: | 12–11 | ||||||||
| Total: | 12–11 | ||||||||
