Rupert Smith (American football)
Rupe circa 1916
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| Vanderbilt Commodores – No. 3 | |
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| Position | Halfback, Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
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Middle Tennessee State (1916–1917) Middle Tennessee State (1919) Vanderbilt (1921) |
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| Date of birth | January 28, 1897 |
| Place of birth | Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Date of death | August 28, 1959 (aged 62) |
| Place of death | Bristol, Tennessee |
| Weight | 158 lb (72 kg) |
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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.
Rupert was born on January 28, 1897, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Rufus Taylor Smith and Robert Hodge McAdoo.
Smith was teammates with Jess Neely and P. V. Overall on the 1917 Middle Tennessee State football team. Rupe was also captain of the 1919 Middle Tennessee team.
Rupe was a prominent halfback and the leading scorer for Dan McGugin's 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team. In the seventh week of play, Vanderbilt faced the defending SIAA champion Georgia Bulldogs at home on Curry Field. The game was to be the highlight of Vandy's schedule this year, deciding the conference champion. It was described by The New York Times as an "important clash." Sporting editor for the Birmingham News "Zipp" Newman had written weeks ago, "Stegeman has a powerful team and with all the regulars in the game, the team has a chance of going through the season undefeated unless it be Vanderbilt that stops her." The Bulldogs were the favorite to win this meeting of the two schools, first since 1912, in part because the Bulldogs may have outplayed Harvard and defeated Auburn earlier in the season. Georgia had the greatest line in the South, featuring four men deemed All-Southern in guard Puss Whelchel, center Bum Day, tackle Artie Pew, and end Owen Reynolds. Not one team all year scored on Georgia through its line.
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