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Hust Stockton

American football player (1901–1967)

Summary

American football player (1901–1967)

Field	Value
name	Hust Stockton
image	Frankford Yellow Jackets Hust Stockton and Hap Moran (cropped).jpg
caption	Stockton in 1926 with the NFL's Frankford Yellow Jackets
position	Fullback, Halfback, Tailback
birth_date
birth_place	Parma, Idaho, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Bremerton, Washington, U.S.
height_ft	5
height_in	11
weight_lbs	193
high_school	Portland (OR) Columbia Prep
college	Gonzaga
pastteams	*Frankford Yellow Jackets (1925–1928)
highlights	* NFL champion (1926)
pfr	StocHu20

Boston Bulldogs (1929)
Providence Steamroller (1929)
GB Press-Gazette: 2nd team All-NFL (1926) John Houston Stockton (September 23, 1901 – April 27, 1967) was a professional football player, a back in the late 1920s in the National Football League (NFL). He played with the Frankford Yellow Jackets from 1925 until 1928, and was a member of Yellow Jackets' 1926 NFL Championship team. During his final season in 1929, Stockton split time between the Boston Bulldogs and the Providence Steamroller. He was the grandfather of basketball Hall of Fame inductee, John Stockton, who played point guard for the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz from 1984 to 2003.

Early years

Born in Parma, Idaho, Stockton set high school football scoring records as a back at Columbia Prep in Portland, Oregon. Originally enrolled at St. Mary's College, then in Oakland, California, he transferred as a sophomore in 1922 to Gonzaga in Spokane, Washington, where he played baseball and football. A triple-threat halfback,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6A1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6572%2C4595217

Professional career

During a Thanksgiving Day game in 1926, a pass from Stockton to Two-Bits Homan netted the Yellow Jackets a 20–14 victory over the Green Bay Packers. Stockton made the same pass to Homan again that season, this time against the Chicago Cardinals for a 7–6 Frankford win. In 1928, against the Chicago Cardinals, Stockton threw an 18-yard pass to Carl Waite for a 19–0 win for the Jackets. At the start of his last season in 1929, Stockton and former Gonzaga teammate Flaherty were in training camp with the New York Giants.

Stockton was an assistant coach at his alma mater Gonzaga during the 1927 season.

After football

Following his football career, he was briefly a professional wrestler in Spokane,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2c9XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0PQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5958%2C1888583

References

McCallum, Jack. (April 25, 1988). "Not a passing fancy". Sports Illustrated.
(June 2024). "Philly.com: Health and Medical News".
(November 7, 1931). "Stockton's record still stands; was scoring backfield marvel". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
Flynn, Mike. (December 9, 2009). "When football was king at Gonzaga". Flynn's Harp.
(December 18, 1923). "Stockton put on all-star eleven". Spokesman-Review.
(November 22, 1923). "Stockton and Bross use football just as if it was a baseball". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
Missildine, Harry. (April 30, 1967). "The days of Stockton". Spokesman-Review.
(December 8, 1938). "From the bench". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
"Gonzaga University campus". Spokesman-Review.
(November 29, 1924). "Gonzaga ace hard man to go up against in game". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
http://www.paulandrewsports.com/vintagefootball.htm{{Dead link. (January 2020)
Carroll, Bob. "The Grange War - 1926". Pro Football Researchers Association.
(1928). "Frankford Yellow Jackets: Elkin". Ghosts of the Gridiron.
(September 8, 1929). "Stockton and Flaherty go to New York Giants". Spokesman-Review.
(December 16, 1927). "Another Stockton arrives". Spokesman-Review.
(February 17, 1931). "Houston Stockton turns pro wrestler in quest of heavyweight championship". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
(April 15, 1931). "Kruse crushes big Cantonwine". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
(May 12, 1936). "Houston Stockton sues for divorce". Spokane Daily Chronicle.

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