Stephen Barchet

Stephen George Barchet (April 4, 1901 – November 30, 1964) was an American football player and a rear admiral in the United States Navy.

[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.

[1] He was buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife Louise Elizabeth Lankford.