Joe Rupert
American football player
About Joe Rupert
Lived 1912 – 1996 (aged 83). Joe Rupert was an American athletics competitor, basketball player and american football player.
Joseph Frank Rupert (June 24, 1912 – February 5, 1996) was an American college football, basketball, and track and field athlete and coach at the University of Kentucky. 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.
Coaching career Rupert was head track coach and the assistant football and basketball coach for his from 1938 to 1941.
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Who was Joe Rupert?
American football player (1912-1996)
When was Joe Rupert born?
Joe Rupert was born on 24 June 1912 in Van Lear.
When did Joe Rupert die?
Joe Rupert died on 5 February 1996 in Venice.
What was Joe Rupert's occupation?
Joe Rupert was an athletics competitor, basketball player and american football player.
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Joe Rupert was American.
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