Dave Ribble

{{Short description|American football player (1907–1943)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Dave Ribble

| image =

| number = 18

| position = Guard / Tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|03|28}}

| birth_place = Brownwood, Texas

| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|11|3|1907|3|28}}

| death_place = Bakersfield, California

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 216

| high_school =

| college = Hardin–Simmons

| pastteams =

• St. Louis Gunners (1932)
• Portsmouth Spartans ({{NFL Year|1932}})
• Memphis Tigers (1933)
• Chicago Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1933}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{NFL Year|1934}}–{{NFL Year|1935}})
• Pittsburgh Americans (1936)

| pfr = R/RibbDa20

}}

Lorenzo Thomas Ribble, Jr. (March 28, 1907 – November 3, 1943) was a professional football player in the National Football League for the Portsmouth Spartans, Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates. He also played in the second American Football League for the Pittsburgh Americans.George Gipe, The Great American Sport Book (Doubleday 1978) {{ISBN|0-385-13091-0}} He also played for the independent St. Louis Gunners in 1932 and the Memphis Tigers in 1933.{{cite journal | title=Pro Football Spreads South | journal=Coffin Corner | publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association | volume=4 | year=1982 | pages=1–2 | url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/04-An-122.pdf | author=Gill, Bob | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127045256/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/04-An-122.pdf | archive-date=2010-11-27 }} The Gunners did not join the NFL until 1934.{{cite journal|title=The St. Louis Gunners |journal=Coffin Corner |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |volume=4 |issue=Annual |year=1983 |pages=1–14 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-An-167.pdf |author=Carroll, Bob |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127035742/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-An-167.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-27 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/ribb00200.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-04-14 |archive-date=2015-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414211215/http://www.profootballarchives.com/ribb00200.html |url-status=dead }}