Bob Rives
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| Vanderbilt Commodores No. 8 | |
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| Position | Tackle |
| Class | Graduate |
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| College | Vanderbilt (1923–1925) |
| High school | Hopkinsville |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | November 12, 1903 |
| Place of birth | Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
| Date of death | March 1, 1956 (aged 52) |
| Place of death | Old Hickory, Tennessee |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
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Robert Franklin "Bob" Rives (November 12, 1903 – March 1, 1956) was an American football tackle. He played college football for Vanderbilt University.
Bob Rives was born on November 12, 1903 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky to R. H. Rives.
A guard on the Hopkinsville Tigers's undefeated 1920 team, he "won greater college football fame than probably any other graduate of the high school." He refereed high school football games throughout Tennessee for several years prior to his death.
Rives played for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1923 to 1925. Bob was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was a starter for the 1924 game against Minnesota, Vanderbilt's first victory over a Northern school. Rives was deemed an All-Southern tackle in 1924 and 1925.
After two disappointing losses to the Michigan Wolverines and Texas Longhorns, the Commodores started "back up the slope" with a 17 to 0 victory over Tulane. The first score came when Rives, Tom Ryan, Bo Rowland, and Lynn Bomar broke through the line on a punt, with Bomar getting the block. Center Alf Sharpe dove to recover the football in the end zone for the touchdown. Along with Bomar, surely the star of the game, Rives played well, called "No. 1 gallant in the line." Nine writers voted Rives All-Southern.
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