Ralph Claypool

{{Short description|American football player (1898–1969)}}

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| image = Ralph Claypool.jpg

| caption = Claypool from 1922 Purdue yearbook

| position = Center

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|12|15}}

| birth_place = Blue Grass, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|11|17|1898|12|15}}

| death_place = Webster Groves, Missouri, U.S.

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| college = Purdue

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• Chicago Cardinals (1925–1928)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 30

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 28

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• First-team All-Pro (1925)
• First-team All-Big Ten (1924)

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Ralph LeClair Claypool (December 15, 1898 – November 17, 1969) was an American football center who played professionally for four seasons, from 1925 to 1928, with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Claypool played college football at Purdue University.