Robert Franklin Rives was an American football tackle.
11 Facts About Bob Rives
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Bob Rives was born on November 12,1903, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, to R H Rives.
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Bob Rives played for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1923 to 1925.
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Bob Rives was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
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Bob Rives was a starter for the 1924 game against Minnesota, Vanderbilt's first victory over a Northern school.
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Bob Rives was deemed an All-Southern tackle in 1924 and 1925.
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Bob Rives was the star of the Commodores' line that game.
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The first touchdown came at the end of a 63-yard drive when Bob Rives opened a hole for Tom Ryan.
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Bob Rives was the only Vanderbilt player to make All-Southern in 1925.
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Bob Rives played professionally for the Newark Bears of the American Football League in 1926.
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Bob Rives died at his residence in Old Hickory, Tennessee, on March 1,1956.