Myron Stevens (American football)

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Myron Stevens
Maryland Terrapins
Position Halfback
ClassGraduate
Career history
College Maryland (19251926)
Career highlights and awards

Myron B. Stevens was a college football player.

Maryland

Stevens was a prominent halfback for the Maryland Terrapins of the University of Maryland, [1] selected All-Southern in 1926. [2] Maryland that year defeated Yale, "The Blue apparently underestimated the Southern eleven, which uncovered an all-around star in Myron Stevens." [3] Stevens also played baseball and basketball. He was inducted into the Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990. [4]

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References

  1. "All-Time Letterwinners".
  2. "Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 28, 1926.
  3. "Princeton Takes First of Series Between Rivals". Cornell Daily Sun. November 8, 1926.
  4. "Terp Hall of Fame". University of Maryland Men's Athletics Media Guides: 95. 1994.