Official Site of the Tigers · May 27, 2019
1958 LSU FB Member, Col. Michael Stupka, Passes Away
Retired Colonel Michael Stupka, Member of the 1958 LSU National Championship Football Team (No. 66 in team photo) LSU Athletics Creative ServicesBATON 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.