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.
 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 |
| Position(s) | 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
editFootball
edit| 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
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC State Wolfpack (Independent) (1919–1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | NC State | 12–11 | |||||||
| NC State: | 12–11 | ||||||||
| Total: | 12–11 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Byrd, Thomas M. and Coston, Lisa. Chronology of Cary High School 1896-1996. March 1996. p. 8. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ "2012 NC State Baseball Yearbook". PackYearbooks.com. NC State Sports Information. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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