Rupert Smith (American football)

Rupert Smith
Rupe circa 1916
Vanderbilt Commodores No. 3
PositionHalfback, Quarterback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1897-01-28)January 28, 1897
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Died:August 28, 1959(1959-08-28) (aged 62)
Bristol, Tennessee
Weight158 lb (72 kg)
Career history
CollegeMiddle Tennessee State (19161917)
Middle Tennessee State (1919)
Vanderbilt (1921)
Career highlights and awards
  • SIAA championship (1921)

Rupert McAdoo "Rupe" Smith (January 28, 1897 August 28, 1959) was an American football and baseball player from Tennessee. Smith was the leading scorer on Dan McGugin's 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team which shared a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title, and was retroactively selected for a national title by Clyde Berryman. Smith had previously played for the Middle Tennessee State football team.