Herbert "Hub" Leo Rapp (July 21, 1905 – July 21, 1983) was an American football player.
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Born: | Hamilton, Ohio | July 21, 1905
Died: | July 21, 1983 Los Altos Hills, California | (aged 78)
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Hamilton (OH) |
College: | Xavier |
Position: | Center |
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Rapp played college football for St. Xavier (now known as Xavier University). He was captain and starting center for the 1926 St. Xavier Musketeers football team that compiled a 9–1 record. He received more All-America and all-conference honors than any player from southern Ohio.[1] He won a reputation as "one of the greatest college players to ever don the moleskins in this section of the country."[2] In 1929, he played for the Ashland Armcos football team.[2]
Rapp also played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a center for the Staten Island Stapletons (1930-1931). He appeared in 19 NFL games, nine as a starter.[3] In September 1930, Red Roberts rated Rapp as the greatest all-around linemen in professional football at that time. Roberts said of Rapp: "He can do anything any other center man can do, and the majority of it a trifle better."[4]
References
edit- ^ "St. Xavier Proud of Herb Rapp". Chillicothe Gazette. December 9, 1926. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Rapp Is Hurt in His Last Grid Game". The Cincinnati Post. December 25, 1929. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Herb Rapp". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ "Sport Sparks". Teh Cincinnati Enquirer. September 17, 1930. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.