FOOTBALL, TRACK AND BASKETBALL: STUBER KNEW IT ALL

Though football seemed to be his preference, Abe Stuber was the Bo Jackson of coaching at Southeast Missouri State.

Stuber knew football. Stuber knew basketball. And Stuber knew track.

But most importantly, Stuber knew winning.

In 29 years of coaching -- which included professional stints with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers -- Stuber won 22 championships in various sports, led five undefeated football teams and coached in 25 winning football seasons.

From 1932-46, the legendary coach led the football team to a 72-42-6 record.

In 1937, he coached Southeast's first undefeated and untied football team. That year, Southeast's opponents scored just 12 points all season.

Perhaps Stuber's most impressive year came in 1946 when he guided the Indians to an 8-0-1 record. The season record was impressive enough, but the fact that it came the year after the school had too many players drafted into World War II to field a team, made it even more remarkable. What's more, is that the team went just 3-4 in 1944.

Stuber came to Cape Girardeau in 1932. He played football at the University of Missouri.

In all, Stuber coached 15 years at Southeast, which included two stints as basketball coach. His .600 winning percentage is the most of any Southeast football coach with at least six years at the school. Stuber led the Indians to an MIAA Championship in 1937, 43 and 46.

He also won several MIAA track and field championships.

After an unbeaten football season in 1946, Stuber took over as head coach at Iowa State. In 1954, he became the backfield coach for the University of Washington. From there, he became the Philadelphia Eagles' defensive back coach in 1955 and a year later became the defensive back coach for the Green Bay Packers.

Stuber has been elected into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and the school named its track and field complex after Stuber.