Jim Rupert
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- Title:
- Student-Athlete
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- Previous College Sports Played:
- Football, Men's Wrestling
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- Graduating Class:
- 1967
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- Induction Class:
- 1978
Bio
A three-year letterman, Jim Rupert capped off an outstanding football career by being named to the All-North Central Conference football squad in 1966. The 6-1, 255-pound nose tackle was also selected to play in the Iowa Senior All-Star game that season.
The Ida Grove, Iowa, native was also a member of coach Arnie Brandt’s wrestling squad. The accounting major went on to a long career in sales, starting first with Look Magazine, and then 25 years with KCAU-TV in Sioux City. He was active in the Rivercade, Sioux City Chamber of Commerce, and Abu Bekr Shrine organizations in Sioux City.