George Everett Strupper Jr. (July 26, 1896 – February 4, 1950), known variously as "Ev" or "Strup" or "Stroop" was an American football player.

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 1,135–61.

Strupper starred as part of a renowned backfield including also Joe Guyon, Judy Harlan, and Al Hill.

"[1] Bernie McCarty writes "Strupper ranks among the greatest broken-field gallopers in Southern football history.

And he caught and threw passes, returned kicks, blocked well, punted and played a bang-up defensive game.

During his freshman year, Strupper became a member of the Georgia Phi chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

[10] He then played halfback for Georgia Tech's varsity football teams under head coach John Heisman from 1915 to 1917.

[5][11] His coach John Heisman later wrote that Strupper was "but 5 feet 7 inches in height, weighed only 148 pounds stripped.

Dodging and twisting, stiff-arming and hipping, he'd run the gauntlet of men big enough, you'd think, to pick him up and spank him, and most of the time, too, he'd get away from them, try as hard as they would.

"[12]Heisman also said of Strupper "Were I compelled to risk my head on what one absolutely unaided gridster might accomplish, football under arm and facing eleven ferocious opponents, I would rather choose and chance this man on how he might come through the gauntlet than any ball carrier I have ever seen in action.

"[12] Heisman recalled how Strupper overcame the obstacle posed by his deafness: "He couldn't hear anything but a regular shout.

As Heisman told it, Strupper "was a star baseball player, a crack at basketball and the best sprint man we had in the school.

"[12] Heisman recalled that, despite his small stature, Strupper had a powerful body: "Stripped down in the dressing rooms Everett was a sight to behold.

You see when sickness in my kid days brought on this deafness my folks gave me the best instructors obtainable to teach me lip-reading.

On the last move Strupper faked right and then dove left underneath the outstretched arms of Baby Taylor into the endzone.

[22] The next week, Strupper led Georgia Tech in a 222–0 victory over Cumberland College, "the most lopsided game in football history.

Strupper scored from 20 yards out on Tech's first offensive play and went on to be lord high executioner with eight touchdowns and a conversion for a total of 49 points.

Finally, on fourth down, a bruised and weary Alexander managed to get the ball across while his teammates howled with laughter.

According to the Times-Picayune, "Strupper, Guyon, Hill, and Harlan form a backfield with no superiors and few equals in football history".

And it took one of history's top backfields–Joe Guyon, Ev Strupper, Al Hill, and Judy Harlan of Georgia Tech–to do it," writes Edwin Pope.

On another occasion he attempted a wide end run, found that he was completely blocked, then suddenly whirled and ran the other way, gaining something like 25 yards before he was downed.

After getting through the first line, Stroop was tackled squarely by two secondary men, and yet he squirmed and jerked loosed from them, only to face the safety man and another Tiger, coming at him from different angles.

[37] Strupper was named as one of four backs on Georgia Tech's "All-Era" team for the Heisman era covering the years from 1904 to 1919.

[39] However, Strupper enlisted in the U. S. Army on August 28, 1918, and was assigned to the First Replacement Regiment at Camp Gordon in Chamblee, Georgia.

The business sold Dunlop Tires and also provided vulcanizing, road service, washing, greasing and oil.

[9][54][55][56] By 1930, Strupper and his wife, Odelle, had moved to Atlanta where he was employed as the sales manager for an automobile accessories business.

Strupper wrote: "At the end of the quarter, the earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow.