Rube Barker

Rube Barker
Barker in Ole Miss yearbook.
Virginia Cavaliers
PositionTackle
ClassGraduate
MajorMedicine
Personal information
Born:(1889-07-23)July 23, 1889
East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
Died:August 6, 1958(1958-08-06) (aged 69)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career history
CollegeOle Miss (1911–1913)
Virginia (1914; 1916–1917)
Career highlights and awards

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.[1] He was then a practicing physician.

  1. ^ "Football At University". Richmond Times-Dispatch. August 20, 1916. p. 3. Retrieved March 5, 2015 – via Library of Virginia. Open access icon