Background
Cofall was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Fred and Ida Bingham Cofall.
Cofall was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Fred and Ida Bingham Cofall.
Cofall attended the University of where he played halfback. His football career went on hiatus from 1918 to 1919, while serving in World War I. After the war, Cofall helped organize the Cleveland Indians football team, and the following year he and owner Jimmy O"Donnell traveled to Canton, Ohio, and attended a meeting where the American Professional Football Association (later named the National Football league) was organized.
In 1910 he played football at East Technical High School. He then moved to East High School where he became all-scholastic in football and ice hockey. In 1914, Cofall"s first year with the Irish, he scored 9 touchdowns, and led the team with 82 points.
The following year, Stan scored 9 touchdowns and again led the team with 71 points.
After scoring 12 touchdowns and 84 points in 1916,he was named to several All-American teams. Stan also served as the team"s captain that year.
After graduation in 1917 he served as a player-coach with the professional Massillon Tigers. At the meeting Cofall was named as the league"s first vice president
In 1921 he played one game with the short-lived New York Brickley Giants.
In 1920 Cofall played for the Union Club of Phoenixville, an independent team, which featured many players from the Buffalo All-Americans. In 1922, he signed on to play with the, then-independent, Pottsville Maroons. There he helped the Maroons become the top team in the Pennsylvania coal region.
The following year, the Maroons joined the NFL.
Later, Cofall coached various professional and college teams.
From 1925 to 1927, he coach Loyola College of Maryland. Cofall was the head coach for Wake Forest football program in 1928.
He returned to Cleveland where he founded Stanco Oil Company in 1935. That company later merged with the National Solvent Corporation, manufacturer of greases and oils, in 1937 with Cofall as president-treasurer.
Cofall continued to be active in the Cleveland sports scene.
He also served as chairman of the Cleveland Boxing Commission and the director of liquor control for the state of Ohio. Cofall was married to Irene Held, and they had three children, Jack, Stanley Junior., and Mistress Blossom Cummings. They had a child, Dan Cofall.
Cofall died at home in 1962 and was buried at Union Cemetery in Peninsula.
Cofall"s son, Dan Cofall, graduated from and Southern Methodist University. Dan also hosts the daily financial talk show, "The Wall Street Shuffle", heard daily 4-6pm on Cable News Network 1190am radio in Dallas-Fort