Skippy Stivers
Idaho Vandals
PositionQuarterback
Career history
CollegeIdaho (1922–1924)
Career highlights and awards
  • All-PCC (1924)
  • Third-team All-American (1924)

Vernon T. "Skippy" Stivers (December 18, 1903 – May 8, 1985) was a college football and baseball player. Stiver played at quarterback for the Idaho Vandals football team, and starred throughout the 1924 season, despite two dislocated vertebrae in his neck.[1][2]

References

  1. "Idaho Quarter, Star of West, Continued Playing After Dislocating Neck". The Lewiston Daily Sun. December 3, 1924.
  2. "Played Rugby With Dislocated Neck". The Montreal Gazette. December 3, 1924.
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