Rupert Smith (American football)
Rupe circa 1916 | |
| Vanderbilt Commodores – No. 3 | |
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| Position | Halfback, Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | January 28, 1897 Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Died: | August 28, 1959 (aged 62) Bristol, Tennessee |
| Weight | 158 lb (72 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Middle Tennessee State (1916–1917) Middle Tennessee State (1919) Vanderbilt (1921) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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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.