Everett Strupper American football player
George Everett "Stroop" Strupper, Jr. (July 26, 1896 – February 4, 1950) was an All-American football player. He played halfback for Georgia Tech from 1915 to 1917. Strupper overcame deafness resulting from a childhood illness and was selected as an All-American in 1917. Strupper and teammate Walker Carpenter were the first players from the Deep South selected for an All-America team.During Strupper's three years playing for Georgia Tech, the team compiled a record of 24-0-2 and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 1,135 to 61. In Georgia Tech's record-setting 220-0 win over Cumberland College in 1916, Strupper scored eight touchdowns. He was called by sportswriter Morgan Blake "probably the greatest running half-back the South has known." Strupper was posthumously elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972 and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.
