| Wins against Kentucky - 1 | Losses against Kentucky - 1 |
Alma Mater: Case Western Reserve
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Date Born: January 26, 1877
Date Died: November 18, 1929
Date | Matchup | UK Result | Score | Notes |
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2/15/1923 | Clemson at Kentucky | L | 13 - 30 | - |
2/16/1922 | Clemson at Kentucky | W | 38 - 14 | - |
Obituary - Austin (TX) American (November 19, 1929)
Doc Stewart Shot to Death by Deer Hunter
Buckshot Charge Hits Former U.T. Coach in Chest
J.W. O'Bryne, San Antonio Oilman, Hits Friend As He Aims at Deer
Stewart Dies Instantly
Kerrville Hotel and Resort Operator is Hunting Season Victim
J.W. O'Bryne, of San Antonio, oil well operator, Monday at 4:30 p.m. aimed at a deer, shot and killed E.J. Stewart, the Doleful Doc of university football, 30 miles from Kerrville.
The shooting was accidental.
Stewart and O'Bryne were hunting in a pasture together. Bill James and C.A. Bradford of Austin, G.N. Hoffman and G.I. Hoffman of Illinois, and H.W. Dew, capitalist, of Houston, who started out with Stewart and O'Bryne, were hunting alone, in another pasture.
Saw Deer Running
The accident occurred at the Frank Hatche place, known also as the Old Kemp place, 30 miles from Heart o' the Hills hotel owned and operator by Stewart at Kerrville.
O'Bryne was at one end of the field, while Stewart went to the other to drive up a deer. Returning by a circuitous route Stewart hid behind brush when a deer broke cover. The animal ran from one clump of trees to another. O'Bryne gripped his gun, ready to shoot the next time the deer came into he open. Stewart stood up and leveled his gun. O'Bryne, fired the charge striking Stewart in the chest.
The university's former coach pitched on his face, dead.
Constable Frank Moore of Kerrville told The American Stewart was struck in the chest by a charge of buckshot.
Mr. Moore said the accident occurred near Mountain Home.
Operated Two Camps
Stewart, now 48 years old, retired from the football coaching profession at the end of the 1928 grid season, and has devoted all his time to two camps at Kerrville, one for boys and another for girls, and to his hotel. He owned extensive hunting leases in the county, which he was operating in conjunction with his resort hotel.
James, who is also director of Stewart's camp for boys, said he was close enough at the time of the accident to hear the anguished shouts of the wounded man. Justice of the Peace E.H. Turner said he would complete the inquest Tuesday, after calling three witnesses, including two ranchmen and the man who did the shooting. Judge Turner said that from information at hand early Monday night he was practically certain the verdict would be death from accidental gun-shot wound.
O'Bryne was kept in seclusion tonight by his friends. His grief was intense, and those who saw him said he was staring blankly ahead, mumbling to himself.
Surviving Stewart is his widow, Mrs. E.J. Stewart, who lives at the Heart O'the Hills Inn; two brothers, Will Stewart of Cleveland, Ohio, and Frank Stewart; a sister, Mrs. Austin of Cleveland and Stewart's mother, of Cleveland.
"Doleful Doc" Stewart was a popular coach with the student body and his resignation as coach here three years back was one of the outcomes of a political upheaval in the university forces.
In 1923 Stewart's Longhorn team was undefeated in the Southwestern conference, and defeated Vanderbilt and Tulane in intersectional games. At the university the nickname "Doleful Doc" was given him by sports writers because he guarded against over-confidence by refusing to predict victory.
Held Medical Degree
He had coached from Ohio to Texas and from Oregon to South Carolina. In 1915 his Oregon Aggies defeated every team it met on the Pacific coast and went East to vanquish Michigan A&M, victor over Michigan university.
"Doc" however was more than a nickname for he studied medicine at, took an M.D. degree at Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio and prepared to practice medicine.
He first coached at Mount Union college in Ohio. Then for four year he had charge of a professional team at Massillon, Ohio. He later coached at Allegheny college, then Oregon Agricultural College, Nebraska university, Clemson college, South Carolina, Texas university and Texas School of Mines at El Paso. His first Nebraska team can claim to the Missouri Valley championship and in 1917 his Cornhuskers were undisputed rulers of the middle west.
In 1924, he coached the University of Texas basketball squad, which was undefeated through 20 games.
For months Stewart was the toast of the Texas university campus, but friction between head of the athletic council developed.
Leaving behind him a great career as football coach, he was working to build up summer recreation resources on a growing scale, still retaining his interest in athletic activity, he took personal interest in boys attending his summer camp.