Stoney Willis
Male, Person
1912 –
Who is Stoney Willis?
Eugene "Stoney" Willis was an American Football quarterback and is the first documented player to use the shovel pass in a competitive football game. As quarterback for Western Maryland College, Willis used the play in a game against Boston College to tie the game. the play was featured in a large photograph appearing in The Boston Herald on November 12, 1932. As noted by team captain, Hal Kopp this article proved that the Western Maryland College quarterback "was the first to use the famed shovel pass in its present form." The Boston Herald article noted, "Just as Flavio Tosi appeared to have Willis in his grasp, tall Gene popped the shovel pass to Dunn and Jimmy was off again."
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