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MG Jim Stillwagon (Outland and Rotary Lombardi winner, R.I.P.)

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Jim Stillwagon was one of the "Super Sophs" that won a National Championship in 1968, which was finished off with a 27-16 Rose Bowl vistory over the USC team led by O.J. Simpson.

"Wagon" was a unanimous 2-time All American, who in 1970 won the Outland Trophy and became the first recipient of the Rotary Lombardi Award.

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Jim "Wagon" Stillwagon
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Position: Middle Guard
School: Ohio State
High School: Fort Defiance, VA (Augusta Military)
Years: 1968-1970
Inducted: 1991
Place of Birth: Mt Vernon, OH
Date of Birth: 2/11/1949
Jersey Number: 68
Height: 6-0
Weight: 220

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Jim Stillwagon was a starter three years for Ohio State, and his team won the Big Ten title each of those years. In 1968, his sophomore year, Ohio State beat Southern California in the Rose Bowl and wrapped up the national championship. Stillwagon was a consensus All-America choice in 1969 and a unanimous All-America in 1970. Also in 1970, he was Ohio State co-captain, Most Valuable Player on his team, and winner of the Outland and Lombardi Trophies as the nation's best lineman. Stillwagon, 6-0, a muscular 220 pounds, played middle guard with an occasional stint at linebacker. In 1970, he made 99 tackles in 10 games. He followed his college career with six years in the Canadian League and was Defensive Player of the Year in 1972. "Wagon," as he was called by teammates, opened a sports memorabilia business in Columbus, Ohio; his specialty was a line of T-shirts, caps, and posters glorifying his old coach, Woody Hayes. Stillwagon was born in 1949 in Mt. Vernon, Ohio.​



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Jim Stillwagon

1970 Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy Winner

Jim Stillwagon made college football history in 1970 by becoming the first player to win the Outland Trophy and the Lombardi Award in the same year.
Stillwagon, a three-year starter at middle guard for the Buckeyes between
1968 and 1970, was a unanimous All-American as a junior and senior.

During “Wagon’s” three seasons at Ohio State, the Buckeyes compiled a 27-2 record, won three Big Ten championships, played in two Rose Bowls and won a pair of national championships.

With Stillwagon clogging the middle, the Ohio State defense simply shut down opposing offenses. In 1969, the Buckeyes gave up just 93 total points. In 1970, only two opponents scored more than 13 points and five were held to under 10 points.

Tough, strong, aggressive, intelligent, relentless. All are adjectives that can be used to describe Stillwagon. He was quite simply the best defensive lineman in college football in 1970. No one was surprised when he walked off with the Outland and Lombardi awards. The surprise would have come if someone else had been chosen.

After graduation, Stillwagon was drafted by the Green Bay Packers. He chose instead to play in the Canadian Football League and was one of the premier defensive linemen in that league before retiring.

Stillwagon, a member of the College Football and Ohio State halls of fame, is president of Stillwagon Enterprises in Columbus.
 
Jim Stillwagon to be Named All-Time Argo at September 11 Game
September 2, 2009 - Canadian Football League (CFL) Toronto Argonauts

Toronto Argonauts Toronto - The Toronto Argonauts Alumni Association is pleased to announce that defensive tackle Jim Stillwagon will be named an All-Time Argo at the September 11 Retro Night game vs. the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Rogers Centre. This addition brings the total number of All-Time Argos to 20 and the first All-Time Argo named since 2006.

Peter Martin, President of the Alumni Association, remarked, "On behalf of the Toronto Argonauts Alumni Association, I would like to congratulate Jim on this honour. By today's standards, Jim was considered to be an undersized lineman, however, he more than made up for it with his quickness, speed, and perhaps more importantly, his work ethic. He had a motor that wouldn't quit and he played every down of every game at full speed."

One of the fiercest defenders in Argos history, #68 played five seasons in Double Blue at Defensive Tackle from 1971 to 1975, amassing 57 regular season games. Stillwagon paired up with another Jim, Corrigall, to create one of the toughest defensive lines and run-stopping tandems in the league during the 1970s. A three-time CFL and East Division All-Star (1971, 1972 and 1974), Stillwagon was named to the Modern Era (1954-1973) All-Argonaut Team in 1974 and was added to the club's All-Time Argos Depth Chart in 2007 at defensive tackle.

Stillwagon was brought into the Argos organization by former Head Coach and General Manager Leo Cahill in 1971 after a stellar career as a three-year starter with the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he won the Outland Trophy in 1970. An All-American in his junior and senior year, Stillwagon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991. Just prior to joining the Argos, Stillwagon was a fifth round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in the 1971 NFL Draft.

Commented Stillwagon, "This honour is bigger than just me. It is a statement of achievement for the players I played with, the coaches I played for and the opponents I played against. The way that the Argonauts organization has contributed to the game of football since its inception is like no other and this is truly one of the great accomplishments of my football career."

Honouring Jim Stillwagon Jim will be named an All-Time Argo during halftime at the September 11 game. He will arrive in Toronto on Wednesday, September 9 and watch the Argonauts pre-game walk through, address the team and attend the media conference at the University of Toronto at Mississauga the day before the game. At the game, the ceremony will feature a video tribute, the unveiling of the banner, a gathering of alumni from all generations on-field, a short speech by Jim and a gift presentation by Argos President and CEO Bob Nicholson and Vice Chair Michael "Pinball" Clemons. In addition, fans are invited to meet Jim and other alumni at a pre-game autograph session outside Gate 3 beginning at 5:45 p.m.
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Chance Brockway / AP file photoAll-American nose guard Jim Stillwagon has always believed that over-preparation left the Buckeyes exhausted when the 1971 Rose Bowl was eventually played.

The memories: From Jim Stillwagon, the winner of the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy in 1970 for his play as a third-year starter at noseguard: "As sophomores, we had done the unexpected. We were the farmers, and people really expected us to be outgunned at the Rose Bowl. But we played aggressive football and we took it to them and we won. As seniors we had higher accolades and expectations of us, and rightly so. We had a more sophisticated team. A lot of the sophomores that were running around in circles two years earlier were sophisticated players. But I think we just overcooked the dinner.

"We went out there and we just pounded ourselves into the ground. I think Woody Hayes had monovision about the game. It was that one game in his eyes, and that was it. We were really worn out. It was a long season, and everyone we were playing always wanted to beat us.

"Sophomore year, we had attacked defensively all the time almost. But now the gameplan was to sit back and not make mistakes. We controlled the ground and got nowhere, and they controlled the sky and they scored. And we weren't a catch-up football team. Stanford didn't have anything to lose, and they had come back in a lot of games that year. We had some situations with our team going into the game and getting out there.

"We had three-a-day practices, and a lot of hitting, almost like we were getting a start on spring practice for the next team. We had some internal problems about the morale and I think we were sort of beating ourselves up before we even got on the field. It was just sad, because we had a great team. I always say, if we had played Stanford nine more times, we would have beaten them nine times. But in that one hour, we weren't a team to adjust. We were a team that stuck to our gameplan. The more the game got tight, the more we would be predictable.

"Other people enjoyed the Rose Bowl. They got more out of it than that players, even though it meant we won the Big Ten and it meant we would go for the national championship and all that. It had meaning, but there was a lot of animosity that had crept it, just the way the team was handled. It just goes to prove football is a game of emotion and attitude."
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Buckeyes Rose Bowl Rewind: A long, hard trip ends in disappointment in 1971 | Ohio State Buckeyes - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com
 
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Road Rage

DELAWARE, Ohio ? A former Ohio State University lineman was charged today with shooting a pickup driver after a 14-mile clash prompted by road rage.

A lawyer for James Stillwagon, a three-year starter for the Buckeyes who played on the 1968 national championship team, said Stillwagon fired the shots in self-defense.

Stillwagon faces one count of felonious assault and is being held at the Delaware County jail. Delaware Municipal Court Judge David P. Sunderman set bond at $350,000.

Stillwagon is accused of shooting at and assaulting a pickup truck driver yesterday afternoon. One of the shots grazed the driver, Richard Mattingly, 41, in the head. Mattingly was flown to Ohio State University?s Wexner Medical Center and checked himself out last night.
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Stillwagon indicted on felonous assault charges
By Laura Arenschield
The Columbus Dispatch Friday February 1, 2013

DELAWARE, Ohio ?Jim Stillwagon, one of the ?Super Sophs? of Ohio State University?s 1968 national championship football team, has been indicted on four counts of felonious assault with a firearm in connection with a shooting police say was motivated by road rage last fall.

The Delaware County prosecutor?s office released the indictments this morning.

Stillwagon, who played middle guard for the Buckeyes under coach Woody Hayes, is accused of following a pickup truck driver for 14 miles and then shooting at the driver outside an AutoZone on East William Street in Delaware on Sept. 30.

One of the bullets grazed the driver, Richard Mattingly of Kettering, in the head. Mattingly was taken to OSU?s Wexner Medical Center the day of the shooting, treated, and released.

Stillwagon?s lawyer has said the former All-American fired the shots in self-defense.

Mattingly has said the shots were unprovoked.
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http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/01/Former-OSU-football-player-indicted.html
 
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Followed the guy for 14 miles and then shot at the (unarmed) guy's head. No sympathy. The bullet was an inch away from blowing the guy's head off. Stillwagon should be thanking god that he's not facing death penalty charges right now.
 
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