Joe Rupert
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | Van Lear, Kentucky | June 24, 1912
Died | February 5, 1996 Venice, Florida | (aged 83)
Alma mater | University of Kentucky |
Playing career | |
1932–1934 | Kentucky |
Position(s) | End, Center (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1939 | Kentucky (assistant) |
Basketball | |
1939–1940 | Kentucky (assistant) |
Track | |
1938–1941 | Kentucky |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
All-Southern (1932) | |
Joseph Frank Rupert (June 24, 1912 – February 5, 1996) was an American college football, basketball, and track athlete and coach for the Kentucky Wildcats.[1] He was a Navy veteran of World War II, and after his sporting career was a chairman of the board of the Rupert-Hager-Cromwell-Agency in Ashland.[1]
University of Kentucky
Playing career
Prior to his career at the University of Kentucky, Rupert attended high school in Catlettsburg. He stood 6 feet 1 inches and weighed 180 pounds.[1]
Football
Rupert was a prominent end on the football team, selected All-Southern in 1932 by the coaches of the Alabama Crimson Tide.[2]
Coaching career
Rupert was head track coach and the assistant football and basketball coach for his from 1938 to 1941.[3][4]
References
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