Rube

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This article is about the nickname. For the unincorporated community, see Rube, Wisconsin.

A rube is a country bumpkin or an inexperienced, unsophisticated person.

Rube is also sometimes used as a nickname, for Reuben, Ruben or Rubin.

Arts and entertainment[]

  • Rube Bloom (1902-1976), Jewish American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, vocalist and writer
  • Rube Goldberg (1883-1970), American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor
  • Rubin Lacey (1902-1969), American country blues musician, singer and songwriter

Sports[]

Baseball[]

  • Rube Benton (1890-1937), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Bressler (1894-1966), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Currie (1898-1966), American baseball pitcher and manager in the Negro leagues
  • Rube DeGroff (1879-1955), American Major League Baseball player
  • George "Rube" Deneau (c. 1879-1926), Canadian minor league baseball player, manager and promoter
  • Rube Dessau (1883-1952), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Ehrhardt (1894-1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Ellis (1885-1938), American Major League Baseball player
  • Rube Fischer (1916-1997), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Foster (1879–1930), American baseball player, manager, and pioneer executive in the Negro leagues, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Rube Foster (AL pitcher) (1888-1976), American Major League Baseball player
  • Rube Geyer (1884-1962), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Kisinger (1876-1941), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Kroh (1886-1944), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Lutzke (1897-1938), American Major League Baseball player
  • Rube Manning (1883-1930), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Marquard (1886-1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Rube Marshall (1890-1980), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Melton (1917-1971), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Novotney (1924-1987), American Major League Baseball player in 1949
  • Rube Oldring (1884-1961), American Major League Baseball player
  • Rube Parnham (1894-1963), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Peters (1885-1965), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Schauer (1891-1957), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Sellers (1881-1952), American Major League Baseball player in 1910
  • Rube Vickers (1878-1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Vinson (1879-1951), American Major League Baseball player
  • Rube Waddell (1876-1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Walberg (1896-1978), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Rube Walker (1926-1992), American Major League Baseball catcher and pitching coach
  • Rube Ward (1879-1945), American Major League Baseball player in 1902
  • Rube Yarrison (1896-1977), American Major League Baseball pitcher

Other[]

  • Rube Barker (1889-1958), American college football player and track athlete in the 1910s
  • Rube Bjorkman (born 1929), former collegiate ice hockey head coach
  • Rube Brandow (1898–1932), Canadian professional ice hockey player and college coach
  • Rube Ferns (1873-1952), American boxer, world welterweight champion in 1900 and 1901
  • Rube Lautenschlager (1915–1992), American college and professional basketball player
  • Rube Ludwig (c. 1920-1991), Canadian football player
  • Rube McCray (1904-1972), head football, men's basketball, and baseball coach and athletic director at the College of William & Mary
  • Rube Ursella (1890-1980), American football player-coach who played during the early years of the National Football League
  • Reuben Charles Warnes (1875-1961), British boxer

Outlaws[]

  • Rube Burrow (1854-1890), American Old West train robber and outlaw

See also[]

  • Hey Rube (disambiguation)
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