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Amos Alonzo "Lonnie" Stagg Jr. (April 11, 1899 – May 17, 1996), sometimes called Young Stagg, was an American football player and coach of college football and basketball. Biography. Stagg was born in 1899 in Chicago. His father, Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862–1965), was the legendary football coach at the University of Chicago from ...
Both of Stagg’s sons, Amos Alonzo Stagg Jr., SB 1923, AM’25, and Paul Stagg, LAB’28, SB’32, played quarterback for UChicago, served as assistant coaches at the University, and later became head coaches elsewhere.
Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16, 1862 – March 17, 1965) was an American athlete and college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football.
Amos Alonzo Stagg was an American football coach who had the longest coaching career—71 years—in the history of the sport. In 1943, at the age of 81, he was named college coach of the year, and he remained active in coaching until the age of 98. He is the only person selected for the College.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, the charismatic "Grand Old Man " of college football, was one of the sport's immortal leaders and innovative strategists. Stagg coached on the college level for an astounding 57 seasons.
Amos Alonzo Stagg Jr. Class. Induction. 1968. Sport (s) Football Coach, Track and Field Coach, Men's Basketball Coach. Stagg Jr. was a member of the Susquehanna Staff from 1935-61. He was a football coach for 17 years and recorded unbeaten seasons on his own in 1940 and with his father in 1951.
Amos Alonzo Stagg is a charter member of the College Football Hall of Fame, elected as both player and coach in 1951. He was born August 16, 1862, in West Orange, N.J., and died March 17, 1965, at age 102 in Stockton, Calif.
