Stewart Ferguson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Stewart Ferguson

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1900

Place of Birth: Carthage, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1955

Profession: American football player

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Stewart Ferguson

  • Stewart Ferguson (January 27, 1900 – December 29, 1955) was an American football and basketball coach.
  • He served as the head football coach at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota from 1929 to 1933 and at Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as the University of Arkansas–Monticello—in 1934 and from 1938 to 1941, compiling a career college football coaching record of 20–67–2.
  • As a college football coach, he was credited with inventing the Swinging gate formation.
  • Ferguson was also the head basketball coach at Dakota Wesleyan from 1929 to 1934, tallying a mark of 65–17. A native of Carthage, Missouri, Ferguson played college football at Dakota Wesleyan, starting as an end on teams coached by Bud Daugherty.
  • He died of a heart attack, on December 29, 1955, in Deadwood, South Dakota.

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