Stephen George Barchet (April 4, 1901 – November 30, 1964) was an American football player and a rear admiral in the United States Navy.
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| Navy Midshipmen | |
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| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | April 4, 1901 St. Margaret's, Maryland, US |
| Died: | November 30, 1964 (aged 63) Annapolis, Maryland, US |
| Career history | |
| College | Navy (1921-1922) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Barchet was born in St. Margaret's, Maryland, in 1901.[1] He attended the United States Naval Academy where he played baseball and football at the Naval Academy.[1] He played as a halfback for the Navy Midshipmen football team and was selected by Walter Camp as a third-team All-American in both 1921 and 1922 and won the Thompson Trophy in 1922.[2][3]
After graduating from the Naval Academy, Barchet served in the United States Navy for 30 years from 1924 to 1954, attaining the rank of rear admiral.[4] He commanded USS Argonaut, which was near Midway Island, when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred.[4] He later commanded a submarine division base in Panama and served as operations officer for the Atlantic submarine force.[1] In 1945, he received the Legion of Merit for his contributions to the development of the Atlantic and Pacific submarine fleets.[5]
He retired from the Navy in 1954.[6] He later worked for the American Trading and Production Company and as the head of a paper company in Alabama. He died in 1964 at age 63 at the naval hospital in Annapolis, Maryland.[1] He was buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife Louise Elizabeth Lankford.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Admiral Barchet, Sub Commander, Grid Star". The Baltimore Sun. December 1, 1964. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Walter Camp's All-America Selections for 1921" (PDF). The New York Times. December 21, 1921. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- ^ "Championship Locke At Quarter on Camp's First Team". Iowa City Press-Citizen. December 26, 1922.
- ^ a b "Rear Admiral Stephen G. Barchet". FleetSubmarine.com. November 2015.
- ^ "Capt. Barchet Honored For Submarine Work". The Baltimore Sun. February 27, 1945. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Captain Barchet Retires This Month As Rear Admiral". Great Lakes Bulletin. June 11, 1954. p. 2 – via Newspaper.com.
- ^ "Adm. Barchet Funeral Set". The Baltimore Sun. December 2, 1964. p. 23 – via Newspapers.coma.