Class Graduate Weight 175 lb (79 kg) Position Tackle | Major Medicine Died 6 August 1958 | |
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Date of birth (1889-07-23)July 23, 1889 Date of death August 6, 1958(1958-08-06) (aged 69) Colleges Ole Miss Rebels football (1911–1913), Virginia Cavaliers football (1914, 1916–1917) | ||
Reuben Allen "Rube" 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. He was then a practicing physician.
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Football
He was selected an All-Southern tackle in 1911 and 1912, "Rube" was the captain of the 1913 team.
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. Barker was therefore often in and out of the lineup. 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.
Medical practice
Barker was a practicing physician in Oakland, Illinois.