| Joe Rupert | |
| Birth Date: | 24 June 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Van Lear, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Venice, Florida, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Team2: | Kentucky |
| Player Years2: | 1932–1934 |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Team4: | Kentucky |
| Player Years4: | 1932–1933 |
| Player Positions: | End (football) Center (basketball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Team2: | Kentucky (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1939 |
| Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
| Coach Team4: | Kentucky (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1939–1940 |
| Coach Sport5: | Track and field |
| Coach Team6: | Kentucky |
| Coach Years6: | 1938–1941 |
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Joseph Frank Rupert (June 24, 1912 – February 5, 1996) was an American college football, basketball, and track and field athlete and coach at the University of Kentucky.[1] He was a Navy veteran of World War II, and after his sporting career was a chairman of the board of the Rupert-Hager-Cromwell-Agency in Ashland.[1]
Prior to his career at the University of Kentucky, Rupert attended high school in Catlettsburg. He stood 6 feet 1 inches and weighed 180 pounds.[1]
Rupert was a prominent end on the football team, selected All-Southern in 1932 by the coaches of the Alabama Crimson Tide.[2]
Rupert was head track coach and the assistant football and basketball coach for his from 1938 to 1941.[3]