Ephraim Kirby-Smith

Ephraim "Eph" Kirby-Smith (August 30, 1884 – July 8, 1938)[1] was a college football player.

Ephraim Kirby-Smith
Sewanee Tigers
PositionTackle/Guard
Class1905
Career history
CollegeSewanee (1903–1906)
Personal information
Born:(1884-08-30)August 30, 1884
Sewanee, Tennessee
Died:July 8, 1938(1938-07-08) (aged 53)
Sewanee, Tennessee
Weight156 lb (71 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Early years

Kirby-Smith was born on August 30, 1884 in Sewanee, Tennessee, the son of American Civil War general Edmund Kirby Smith and his wife Cassie Selden. Edmund Kirby Smith's brother Ephraim, for whom his son was presumably named, died in 1847 from wounds suffered at the Battle of Molino del Rey.[2]

College football

Kirby-Smith was an All-Southern college football lineman for the Sewanee Tigers,[3][4] selected to its all-time football team.[5] At Sewanee he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

References
  1. E. Melatiah. The Kirbys of New England. p. 185.
  2. Nofi, Albert A. (1995), A Civil War Treasury: Being a Miscellany of Arms and Artillery, Facts and Figures, Legends and Lore, Muses and Minstrels, Personalities and People, New York: Da Capo Press, ISBN 978-0-306-80622-3
  3. "Football in the South". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 161.
  4. "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011.
  5. "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-12.


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