Cal Stoll

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::summary American football player and coach (1923–2000) ::

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Field	Value
name	Cal Stoll
image	Cal Stoll.jpg
caption	Stoll in 1955
birth_date
birth_place	Page, North Dakota, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
player_years1	1948–1949
player_team1	Minnesota
player_positions	End
coach_years1	1950
coach_team1	Mound HS (MN)
coach_years2	1951–1954
coach_team2	Utah State (line)
coach_years3	1955–1956
coach_team3	Denver (line)
coach_years4	1957–1958
coach_team4	Georgia (DL)
coach_years5	1959–1968
coach_team5	Michigan State (assistant)
coach_years6	1969–1971
coach_team6	Wake Forest
coach_years7	1972–1978
coach_team7	Minnesota
coach_years8	1986
coach_team8	Warriors Bologna
overall_record	54–56 (college)
6–1 (high school)
8–1–1 (AIFA)
bowl_record	0–1
tournament_record	4–0 (AIFA postseason)
championships	1 Lake Conference (1950)
1 ACC (1970)
1 AIFA Serie A (1986)
awards	ACC Coach of the Year (1970)
module	{{Infobox military person
embed_title	Military service
embed	yes
allegiance
branch	[[File:Flag of the United States Navy.svg
serviceyears	1941–1947
battles	World War II
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Calvin C. Stoll (December 12, 1923 – August 25, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1969 to 1971 and his alma mater, the University of Minnesota, from 1972 to 1978, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 54–56.

Early life and playing career

Stoll was born on December 12, 1923, on a farm near Page, North Dakota, and began his football playing career as a fullback for a six-man team at nearby Tower City, North Dakota. At age 17, he enlisted in the United States Navy on June 3, 1941.

With the outbreak of World War II, Stoll's tour of duty was extended to 1947. During World War II, he served in the Pacific Theater. Stoll also would play football for the Memphis Navy and Seattle Navy squads during his time in the U.S. Navy. After he was discharged from the U.S. Navy on January 9, 1947, Stoll enrolled in the winter quarter at the University of Minnesota.

Stoll would play end for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team in the 1948 and 1949 seasons.{{cite news | author = | date = August 29, 1948 | title = Gopher Varsity Football Squad | work = Star Tribune | location = Minneapolis, MN | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/182947179/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | access-date = July 13, 2020 | author = | date = November 29, 1949 | title = This is the 1949 Minnesota Football squad and coaches. | work = Star Tribune | location = Minneapolis, MN | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/180791078/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | access-date = July 13, 2020

Coaching career

Before graduating from Minnesota in June 1950, Stoll was named the head coach at Mound High School (later renamed to Mound Westonka High School) on May 10, 1950. At Mound High School, he guided the football team to a 6–1 record and a Lake Conference co-championship.

After the 1950 high school football season, Stoll jumped to the college ranks where he served as an assistant coach from 1951 to 1968. Stoll served as an assistant coach at Utah State University from 1951 to 1954, the University of Denver from 1955 to 1956, the University of Georgia from 1957 to 1958, and Michigan State University from 1959 to 1968.{{cite news | author = | date = May 11, 1951 | title = Aggie Alumni Welcome Roning | work = Deseret News | location = Salt Lake City, UT | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/595138889/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | access-date = July 12, 2020 | author = | date = April 2, 1955 | title = Next DU Eleven May Have More of Oklahoma T Look | work = Greeley Daily Tribune | location = Greeley, CO | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/25036659/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | access-date = July 13, 2020 | author = | date = October 24, 1956 | title = Five Coaching Jobs Announced by DU | work = Greeley Daily Tribune | location = Greeley, CO | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/25049916/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | access-date = July 13, 2020 | author = | date = February 1, 1957 | title = Stoll Takes Georgia Post | work = The Minneapolis Star | location = Minneapolis, MN | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/178685861/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | access-date = July 13, 2020 | author = | date = February 2, 1957 | title = Stoll added to Georgia staff | work = The Birmingham News | location = Birmingham, AL | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/574493713/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | access-date = July 13, 2020 | last = Logue | first = Mickey | date = November 18, 1957 | title = Auburn Runs Into Its Kind: Bulldog Ends Who Hold Fast | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/398151289/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | work = The Atlantic Constitution | location = Atlanta, GA | access-date = July 13, 2020 | author = | date = February 20, 1959 | title = Cal Stoll Can Relax --- He's 'In' | work = Detroit Free Press | location = Detroit, MI | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/97703418/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | access-date = July 13, 2020

Stoll served as the head coach at Wake Forest University from 1969 to 1971 {{cite news | author = | date = December 7, 1968 | title = Stoll To Be Wake Coach | work = Asheville Citizen-Times | location = Asheville, NC | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/195773570/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | access-date = July 13, 2020 | author = | date = November 28, 1970 | title = Stoll ACC Coach Of Year | work = The Evening Sun | location = Baltimore, MD | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/371791538/?terms=ACC%2BCoach%2Bof%2Bthe%2Byear%2BCal%2BStoll | access-date = July 13, 2020 | last = Byrne | first = Jim | date = January 8, 1972 | title = Stoll up from 'M' ranks | url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/190022940/?terms=Cal%2BStoll | work = The Minneapolis Star | location = Minneapolis, MN | access-date = July 13, 2020

In the spring of 1986, Stoll relocated to Italy to become the head coach of Italian amateur football team Warriors Bologna, and won the Italian Bowl VI at Bologna on July 5, 1986. The 1986 Warriors Bologna season was Stoll's last football coaching role as serious health problems forced him into retirement.

Illness, death, and honors

After returning to the United States, Stoll was diagnosed with idiopathic cardiomyopathy, a degeneration of the heart muscle, of unknown origin. Stoll underwent a heart transplant on July 23, 1987.

In 1988, Stoll and other fellow heart transplant recipients, started Second Chance for Life, a support group for heart transplant patients. Also, in 1988, Stoll was inducted into the Minnesota Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

After a month long illness due to heart complications, Stoll died on August 25, 2000, 13 years after his heart transplant. In 2001, the Minnesota Football Coaches Association (MFCA) established the Cal Stoll Award. The Cal Stoll Award is given annually by MFCA to an individual connected to football in the State of Minnesota who has overcome adversity.{{cite news |url=https://www.southernminn.com/owatonna_peoples_press/archives/article_c7fc84d1-6d0f-552b-a187-6de981fd1298.html?fbclid=IwAR3_1AAVKO4f9qpoQfcES4NBAMmOPzZeBtbm6hGLuoFXqpJYzgGzG6zteoI |title=Woolworth stories bring back memories of old Broadway in Owatonna |date=May 11, 2012 |orig-date=March 20, 2010|access-date=March 4, 2023|work=Owatonna People's Press|location= Faribault, MN|author = }}

Head coaching record

High school

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Year	School	Record	Titles	Overall record	6–1	1 Conference title
1950	Mound High School	6–1	Lake Conference co-champion
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College

| name = Wake Forest Demon Deacons | conf = Atlantic Coast Conference | startyear = 1969 | endyear = 1971 | championship = | year = 1969 | name = Wake Forest | overall = 3–7 | conference = 2–5 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = conference | year = 1970 | name = Wake Forest | overall = 6–5 | conference = 5–1 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1971 | name = Wake Forest | overall = 6–5 | conference = 2–3 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | name = Wake Forest | overall = 15–17 | confrecord = 9–9 | name = Minnesota Golden Gophers | conf = Big Ten Conference | startyear = 1972 | endyear = 1978 | championship = | year = 1972 | name = Minnesota | overall = 4–7 | conference = 4–4 | confstanding = 5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1973 | name = Minnesota | overall = 7–4 | conference = 6–2 | confstanding = 3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1974 | name = Minnesota | overall = 4–7 | conference = 2–6 | confstanding = T–7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1975 | name = Minnesota | overall = 6–5 | conference = 3–5 | confstanding = T–7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1976 | name = Minnesota | overall = 6–5 | conference = 4–4 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1977 | name = Minnesota | overall = 7–5 | conference = 4–4 | confstanding = 5th | bowlname = Hall of Fame Classic | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1978 | name = Minnesota | overall = 5–6 | conference = 4–4 | confstanding = 5th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | name = Minnesota | overall = 39–39 | confrecord = 27–29 | overall = 54–56 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype =

AIFA Serie A

::data[format=table] | Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | Warriors Bologna||1986 | Total||8||1||1||.850|||| 4 || 0 || 1.000 || | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | |8 | 1 | 1 | .850 | 2nd in Girone Nord | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | Italian Bowl VI champions | | | | | | | ::

References

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2. . (1978). "University of Minnesota 1978 Media Football Information Guide". *University of Minnesota SID Office*.
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