BATON ROUGE – Highly decorated Retired Colonel Michael B. Stupka, a member of the 1958 LSU National Championship football team, passed away on Sunday at the age of 81 in his hometown of Bogalusa, Louisiana.
Stupka, a member of the Go Team for Coach Paul Dietzel, graduated from LSU in 1960 with a bachelor’s degree in industrial technology and earned his commission in the United States Army through LSU ROTC that same year.
He was a junior on the 1958 team, playing at right guard for the Tigers. His father, Frank, also played tackle for the Tigers and lettered in 1934-35.