Rupert Colmore Sr. Explained

Rupert Colmore
School:Sewanee Tigers
Class:1905
Weight Lb:155
Currentposition:Halfback, end
Birth Date:3 February 1883
Birth Place:Sewanee, Tennessee, US
Death Place:Chattanooga, Tennessee, US
Pastschools:Sewanee (1900 - 1904)
Highlights:

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 . 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 3 November 2017. American Medical Association. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Makers of America: Biographies of Leading Men of Thought and Action, the Men who Constitute the Bone and Sinew of American Prosperity and Life. Leonard. Wilson. 3 November 2017. B.F. Johnson. Google Books.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. Tau Chapter. 188. Catalogue of Alpha Kappa Kappa. 1909.
  6. News: Colmore Leads Sewanee Team. Atlanta Constitution. 15. December 5, 1903. August 11, 2015. Newspapers.com.
  7. News: The Best in the South. The Cincinnati Enquirer. 3. November 30, 1903. August 10, 2015. Newspapers.com.
  8. News: Sewanee to Bring Great Team to Meet Crackers. Atlanta Constitution. November 15, 1902. 7. August 11, 2015. Newspapers.com.
  9. https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A22903/datastream/PDF/view

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