Rudolph Robert Ruppe (April 13, 1925 – October 6, 1976) was an American college football player and high school sports coach and administrator.

[1] Ruppe graduated from North Bend High in 1943 and enlisted in the United States Navy to serve during World War II.

[2] Ruppespent time as an end and as a single-wing quarterback (blocking back) on offense and at linebacker on the defensive side of the ball.

[1] Ruppe's career coaching highlight came in the 1956 season, when the Reedsport Braves turned in a record of 11–1 en route to winning the Oregon state A-2 football championship.

[4] In May 1958, Ruppe was named the first athletic director of Reedsport High, resigning his position as basketball coach to take the job.

"[4] Near the end of his life he revisited his decision to quit coaching more bitterly, however, declaring "the inability...of the kids to take orders, either from within or without" was the primary reason for his change of heart.

[1] In November 1973, with news of Ruppe's affliction amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),[1] a degenerative and fatal motor neuron disease associated with former New York Yankees baseball star Lou Gehrig, having become widespread, a special halftime pause was held in Ruppe's honor during the regularly scheduled Friday night football game of the Reedsport Braves.