Ephraim Kirby-Smith
Ephraim "Eph" Kirby-Smith was a college football player.Early years
Kirby-Smith was born on August 30, 1884 in Sewanee, Tennessee, the son of American Civil War general Edmund Kirby-Smith and his wife Cassie Selden. Edmund Kirby-Smith's brother Ephraim, for whom his son was presumably named, died in 1847 from wounds suffered at the Battle of Molino del Rey.Kirby-Smith was an All-Southern college football lineman for the Sewanee Tigers, selected to its all-time football team. At Sewanee he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
