Joe Rupert

{{Short description|American athlete and coach (1912–1996)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Joe Rupert

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|6|24}}

| birth_place = Van Lear, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|2|5|1912|6|24}}

| death_place = Venice, Florida, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_team2 = Kentucky

| player_years2 = 1932–1934

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_team4 = Kentucky

| player_years4 = 1932–1933

| player_positions = End (football)
Center (basketball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_team2 = Kentucky (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1939

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_team4 = Kentucky (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1939–1940

| coach_sport5 = Track and field

| coach_team6 = Kentucky

| coach_years6 = 1938–1941

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| awards =

• All-Southern (1932)
• 2× Second-team All-SEC (1933, 1934)

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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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Rupert_Joe.html|title = UK Career Statistics and Bio for Joe Rupert}} 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.