Rufus Branch: Difference between revisions

{{short description|American football player, planter, and businessman (1890–1969)}}

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|death_date={{death date and age|mf=y|1969|2|27|1890|7|21}}

'''Rufus Cromwell Branch''' (July 21, 1890 &ndash;– February 27, 1969) was aan American planter and businessman.<ref name="ruf">{{citeCite news |date=February 27, 1969 |title=Rufus Cromwell Branch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24259960/the_courier_news/ |titlework=RufusThe CromwellCourier Branch|date=FebruaryNews 27, 1969|page=1|work=The Courier News|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> He played [[college football]] for the [[Tennessee Volunteers football]] team of the [[University of Tennessee]] as a [[quarterback]]. He was also a pitcher on the [[Tennessee Volunteers baseball|baseball team]].<ref>{{citeCite book |url=https://archive.org/details/shieldanddiamon00alphgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/shieldanddiamon00alphgoog/page/n526 488]|title=Shield and Diamond of Pi Kappa Alpha|year=1908 |publisher=Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. |year=1908 |page=[https://archive.org/details/shieldanddiamon00alphgoog/page/n526 488] |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He was credited with bringing [[John Barnhill (American football)|John Barnhill]] to the [[University of Arkansas]].<ref name=ruf/><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Rufus Branch Receives Football Honors |url=http://www.pikearchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PKA_SD_1966_SEP.pdf |journal=The Shield |page=31 |via=Pike Archive}}</ref>

In [[1910 Tennessee Volunteers football team|1910]], Branch threw a 35-yard pass to W. C. Johnson in the loss to [[1910 Georgia Bulldogs football team|Georgia]].<ref>{{citeCite book |last=Garbin |first=Patrick web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdDCq3ybJPwC&pg=PA12 |title=About Them Dawgs!: Georgia Football's Memorable Teams and Players|first=Patrick|last=Garbin |date=October 4, 2018 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810860407 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He was captain of the [[1911 Tennessee Volunteers football team|1911 team]].