Ephraim Kirby-Smith

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Ephraim Kirby-Smith
Sewanee Tigers
Position Tackle/Guard
Class 1905
Career history
College Sewanee (1903–1906)
Personal information
Date of birth (1884-08-30)August 30, 1884
Place of birth Sewanee, Tennessee
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Place of death Sewanee, Tennessee
Career highlights and awards

Ephraim "Eph" 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

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