Ephraim Kirby-Smith
| Sewanee Tigers | |
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| Position | Tackle/Guard |
| Class | Graduate |
| Career history | |
| College | Sewanee (1904–1906) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | August 30, 1884 |
| Place of birth | Sewanee, Tennessee |
| Date of death | July 8, 1938 (aged 53) |
| Place of death | Sewanee, Tennessee |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ephraim Kirby-Smith (August 30, 1884 – July 8, 1938)[1] was a college football player.
Early years
Ephraim 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's brother for whom his son Ephraim was presumably named died in 1847 from wounds suffered at the Battle of Molino del Rey.[2]
College football
Ephraim was an All-Southern college football lineman for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South,[3][4] selected to its All-Time football team.[5] At Sewanee he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
References
- ↑ E. Melatiah. The Kirbys of New England. p. 185.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Football in the South". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 161.
- ↑ "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011.
- ↑ "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
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