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551:Ed Hebert (October 29, 1923).
497:"Well, You Don't Win Them All"
479:"Rites Saturday For Bob Rives"
254:Vanderbilt Commodores football
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141:Career highlights and awards
695:"Goldstein, Erving "Goldy""
264:. Bob was a member of the
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368:American Football League
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659:"Bama Hopes To Win Cup"
1242:Newark Bears of the AA
527:Traughber, William L.
456:Old Hickory, Tennessee
210:Hopkinsville, Kentucky
93:Old Hickory, Tennessee
77:Hopkinsville, Kentucky
638:(November 22, 1923).
426:Professional football
392:Mississippi A & M
198:Vanderbilt University
183:Robert Franklin Rives
901:composite selections
750:composite selections
683:. November 22, 1924.
665:. November 28, 1923.
624:. November 11, 1923.
458:, on March 1, 1956.
348:Alabama Crimson Tide
59:Personal information
290:Michigan Wolverines
226:Hopkinsville Tigers
152:championship (1923)
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1216:Cy Williams
1065:club (1926)
999:Milton Levy
940:Doug Wycoff
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515:"Bob Rives"
440:Doug Wycoff
384:1924 season
382:during the
352:Cy Williams
256:teams from
250:Dan McGugin
230:high school
216:High school
204:Early years
131:High school
1257:Categories
1206:Ark Newton
1081:New Jersey
959:J. G. Lowe
832:Jim Taylor
462:References
360:Ark Newton
346:upset the
310:Alf Sharpe
306:Lynn Bomar
302:Bo Rowland
124:Vanderbilt
70:1903-11-12
1211:Bob Rives
1099:Franchise
1069:Based in
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975:Bob Rives
907:Backfield
824:Bob Rives
781:Gil Reese
756:Backfield
438:in 1926.
422:in 1925.
370:in 1926.
336:Gil Reese
321:Tennessee
270:Minnesota
238:Tennessee
22:Bob Rives
1059:Defunct
404:Northern
333:Halfback
325:Southern
314:end zone
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