Rupert Colmore Sr.
| Sewanee Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Halfback, end |
| Class | 1905 |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 3, 1883 Sewanee, Tennessee |
| Died: | July 9, 1958 (aged 75) Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Sewanee (1900–1904) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Rupert McPherson Colmore Sr. (February 3, 1883 – July 9, 1958) was a college football player and physician. He succeeded William W. Dickey as director of the Venereal Clinics in Chattanooga.[1] He married Margaret Bowdoin in Louisiana.[2][3]
Early years
Colmore was born to Robert L. Colmore and Priscilla Addenbrook.[4]
Sewanee
He was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa.[5] He was a prominent halfback and end for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South. He was captain of the 1904 team.[6] Colmore was selected All-Southern by Nash Buckingham in 1903.[7] Colmore was shifted from end to halfback in 1902, garnering praise for his play at both positions.[8] George Trevor selected him as second-team end on his all-time Sewanee team.[9]
Many of his brothers and also his son, Rupert Colmore Jr., played for Sewanee. His son is the only All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) player the school ever had.
References
- ^ "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association". American Medical Association. 3 November 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wilson, Leonard (3 November 2017). "Makers of America: Biographies of Leading Men of Thought and Action, the Men who Constitute the Bone and Sinew of American Prosperity and Life". B.F. Johnson – via Google Books.
- ^ "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ4-TSDT : 15 October 2015), Rupert McPherson Colmore and Margaret Susan Bowdoin, 29 Nov 1911; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 909,946.
- ^ "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM9-TDJ7 : 3 April 2015), Rupert M Colmore, 1958.
- ^ "Tau Chapter". Catalogue of Alpha Kappa Kappa: 188.
- ^ "Colmore Leads Sewanee Team". Atlanta Constitution. December 5, 1903. p. 15. Retrieved August 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Best in the South". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 30, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sewanee to Bring Great Team to Meet Crackers". Atlanta Constitution. November 15, 1902. p. 7. Retrieved August 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A22903/datastream/PDF/view
