Edward 'Plowden' Stott

Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club Winged M's

Quarterback / End

1901 - 1908

Manager

1913

Stanford University

1903-1905

Double-dipping, Edward Plowden Stott played college and club ball at the same time at the turn of the century and excelled across the west coast.  Along with his football prowess, Stott, who went by Plowden, was the catcher for the Winged M's baseball team from 1900 - 1909.

Playing against Whitman College in 1902, Stott ripped off scoring runs of 90 and 20 yards in a 21-0 victory for the Winged M's.

A graduate of Portland Academy, Stott went on to Stanford University in 1903 as a 21-year old freshman developing into one of the greatest quarterbacks on the Pacific Coast.  He captained the Cardinals as a senior in 1905 after earning All-Pacific Coast QB honors in 1904.  The 5'8" 150-pounder already had two seasons of running the Multnomah Club offense under his belt when he headed to California.  Stott along with James Brennan, led Stanford in a 12-0 victory over the Olympic Club, considered the best team in the west at the time.

Coming home from college, the All-Star QB would rejoin his Winged M's teammates for Christmas and New Years games during the 1903, 1904 and 1905 seasons.  As a full timer for the 1907 - 1909 teams, Stott led the Winged M's to the 1907 Pacific Northwest Amatuer Association championship and was an honorable mention All-Northwest QB.   That same year, Plowden accepted the coaching position for the newly chartered East Side High (Portland, Oregon).

Retiring from active play in 1910, Stott remained a part of the MAAC club and was elected manager in 1913, the same year his law firm Stott & Collier was established.  He had earned his bar admittance in 1907 and became a partner of Malarkey, Seabrook & Stott.  Plowden became President of the MAAC in 1921 and remained a member into the 1930's.

As manager of the team, Stott instituted the first numeral system for his players following the fledgling trend at Princeton and Dartmouth. Plowden attempted to schedule Notre Dame, but due to a lack of support from the Spokane Athletic Club, the Fighting Irish declined such a long trip where multiple games could not be guaranteed.

Stott led one of the best MAAC teams in recent years that season, but his legal business was demanding more of his time and made it impossible to remain as manager, resigning in January 1914 after leading the team to a 7-0-1 season.  The lone tie was in the first game with Oregon Ag College, which his M's avenged a few weeks later with a 6-0 victory.  Stott made an appeal to the MAAC board to employ a full time all-round athletic coach to help develop athletes in Portland rather than the player/competitor-volunteer coaches the club utilized in all sports.

Plowden would remain involved with football as the Pacific Coast Conference would recruit him to officiate big games across the region from 1915 - 1921.

John "Scotchy" Campbell, reminded San Francisco writer Ed Hughes of Plowden when he walked out on the field as captain of the 1923 Stanford Cardinals, 17 years after Stott captained the team.  Scotchy would quarterback the Olympic Club "O's" in a 44-0 trouncing of the Multnomah Athletic Club in 1925 as the Winged M program was winding down.

For a time at the turn of the century, one of the best footballers in Portland, Oregon was Plowden Stott, two-way quarterback, punter and kicker for the Multnomah Winged M's and undefeated manager for one season.  His expertise was called on to officiate some of the biggest collegiate games on the west coast into the Roaring 20's.