Irby Curry

Irby Curry
Profile
Position	Quarterback
Personal information
Born	August 4, 1894; Marlin, Texas, U.S.
Died	August 10, 1918 (aged 24); Perles, Aisne, France
Listed weight	137 lb (62 kg)
Career information
High school	Marlin
College	Vanderbilt (1914–1916)
Awards and highlights
	SIAA championship (1915); All-Southern (1914, 1915, 1916); Outing Roll of Honor (1914); Third-team All-American (1916);

Irby Rice "Rabbit" Curry (August 4, 1894 – August 10, 1918) was an American football quarterback for Vanderbilt University from 1914 to 1916. He was selected as a first-team All-Southern player in 1915 and 1916 and a third-team All-American in 1916. In August 1918, while serving as a pilot in the 95th Aero Squadron during World War I, he was killed in aerial combat over France. He was described as "the player who has most appealed to the imagination, admiration, and affection of the entire university community through the years."