John Rhodes

John Rupert Rhodes
(Choppy)

• Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
• Height Unknown, Weight Unknown
• School University of Nebraska
• High School Ansley High School

• Born February 6, 1903 in Ansley, NE USA
• Died May 24, 1951 in Spalding, NE USA

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Biographical Information

John Rupert Rhodes, known as Choppy Rhodes, was born on February 6, 1903, in Ansley, Nebraska. He attended Ansley High School and later University of Nebraska, where he lettered in baseball, football, and track.

Rhodes played professional baseball for the Des Moines Demons in 1926 and for the Des Moines Demons and Omaha Buffaloes in 1927. He later coached baseball at University of Nebraska in 1929 and 1930. The Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame credited his two-year tenure as head baseball coach with producing the highest winning percentage in program history.

He later worked as a football coach at the University of Wyoming, with a St. Louis professional team, and at Blair, Nebraska. Rhodes died on May 24, 1951 in Spalding, Nebraska where he lived and operated an automobile agency.