Rube Barker
{{Short description|American football player and track athlete (1889–1958)}}
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{{Infobox college football player
|name=Rube Barker
|image=RubeBarkerYearbook.jpg
|image_size=150px
|caption=Barker in Ole Miss yearbook.
|alt=
|birth_date= {{birth date|1889|7|23}}
|birth_place=East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|mf=y|1958|8|6|1889|7|23}}
|death_place=
|school=Virginia Cavaliers
|height_ft=
|height_in=
|weight_lb=175
|class=Graduate
|major=Medicine
|currentposition=Tackle
|pastschools=Ole Miss (1911–1913)
Virginia (1914; 1916–1917)
|highlights=
- SAIAA championship (1914)
- All-Southern (1911, 1912, 1914)
}}
Reuben Allen Barker (July 23, 1889 – August 6, 1958) was an American football player and track athlete for the Ole Miss Rebels of the University of Mississippi and Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia.{{cite news|url=http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RTD19160820.1.25#|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Football At University|page=3|date=August 20, 1916|via=Library of Virginia|accessdate=March 5, 2015}} {{Open access}} He was then a practicing physician.
Ole Miss
=Football=
He was selected an All-Southern tackle in 1911 and 1912,{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/officialnational08nati#page/64/mode/2up/search/%22all+southern%22|title=Spalding's Football Guide|date=1913|pages=25, 65}} "Rube" was the captain of the 1913 team.
University of Virginia
=Football=
He was selected All-Southern again by Dick Jemison in 1914. He graduated with an M. D. from the University of Virginia in 1917. Barker was often split between his medical studies and football.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1927198//|accessdate=March 5, 2015|page=11|date=October 27, 1916|work=The Charlotte News|title=Pans, Punts, and Passes|author=W. C. Dowd, Jr.|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} Barker was therefore often in and out of the lineup.e. g. {{cite news|url=http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RTD19161018.1.8&srpos=32&e=-------en-20--21--txt-txIN-%22all+southern%22+football------#|title=Thurman and Barker Return to Virginia|date=October 18, 1916|volume=66|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch}} One account of the excitement upon one of his reentries reads "With Allan Thurman and "Rube" Barker, two of the best linemen who ever wore the Orange and Blue colors, back in the line-up, Virginia's chances of emerging victorious over the University of Georgia today are exceedingly bright.{{cite news|title=Thurman Enters Georgia Battle|date=October 21, 1916|work=The Charlotte News|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=March 5, 2015|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1927258//}} {{Open access}}
Medical practice
References
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External links
- {{findagrave|11899650}}
{{1911 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
{{1912 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
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Category:Ole Miss Rebels football players
Category:Virginia Cavaliers football players
Category:American football tackles
Category:University of Virginia School of Medicine alumni
Category:All-Southern college football players
Category:People from Oakland, Illinois
Category:Players of American football from East St. Louis, Illinois
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