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Rupert McPherson Colmore Sr. (February 3, 1883 – July 9, 1958) was a college football player and physician. He succeeded William W. Dickey as director of the Venereal Clinics in Chattanooga. He married Margaret Bowdoin in Louisiana.

Early years

Colmore was born to Robert L. Colmore and Priscilla Addenbrook.

Sewanee

He was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa. He was a prominent halfback and end for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South. He was captain of the 1904 team. Colmore was selected All-Southern by Nash Buckingham in 1903. Colmore was shifted from end to halfback in 1902, garnering praise for his play at both positions. George Trevor selected him as second-team end on his all-time Sewanee team.

Many of his brothers and also his son, Rupert Colmore Jr., played for Sewanee. His son is the only All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) player the school ever had.

References

1. "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association". American Medical Association. November 3, 2017 – via Google Books.
2. Wilson, Leonard (November 3, 2017). "Makers of America: Biographies of Leading Men of Thought and Action, the Men who Constitute the Bone and Sinew of American Prosperity and Life". B.F. Johnson – via Google Books.
3. "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ4-TSDT : 15 October 2015), Rupert McPherson Colmore and Margaret Susan Bowdoin, 29 Nov 1911; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 909,946.
4. "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM9-TDJ7 : 3 April 2015), Rupert M Colmore, 1958.
5. "Tau Chapter". Catalogue of Alpha Kappa Kappa: 188. 1909.
6. "Colmore Leads Sewanee Team". Atlanta Constitution. December 5, 1903. p. 15. Retrieved August 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "The Best in the South". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 30, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Sewanee to Bring Great Team to Meet Crackers". Atlanta Constitution. November 15, 1902. p. 7. Retrieved August 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
9. https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A22903/datastream/PDF/view

• 1883 births
• 1958 deaths
• Sewanee Tigers football players
• All-Southern college football players
• American football halfbacks
• American football ends
• Players of American football from Tennessee
• People from Sewanee, Tennessee
• People from Chattanooga, Tennessee