Claim: Walter Leslie "Stub" Stewart (1888 – August 15, 1974) was an athlete and coach from Tecumseh, Nebraska who played basketball for the local Y.M.C.A. and became the captain of the baseball team as a second baseman in 1909
Evidence: Walter Leslie "Stub" Stewart (1888 – August 15, 1974) was an athlete and coach for the University of Iowa. Walter "Stub" Stewart was born in Tecumseh, Nebraska, but he moved to Iowa at age seven. Since his high school did not yet support a basketball team, Stewart played basketball for the local Y.M.C.A. He was the captain of the baseball team as a second baseman in 1909 and captain of the basketball squad in 1910.