Robert Troxell "Ray" Knode (January 28, 1901 – April 13, 1982) was an American

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baseball and college football player. He played for four seasons as a

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with the

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from 1923 to 1926. Knode attended the

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, where he played on the

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as a

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from 1916 to 1919.Morris Allison Bealle, ''Kings of American Football: The University of Maryland, 1890–1952'', pp. 84–92, Columbia Publishing Co., 1952. He later attended the

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, where he also played quarterback from 1921 to 1922. His older brother, Kenneth T. Knode followed a similar career path. He played professional baseball with the

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and as a quarterback at both Maryland and Michigan.STATE LOSES STAR MAN; Curley Byrd's Football Team Hit Hard When Kishpaugh Decides To Leave College HOPKINS TAKES THINGS EASY Big Hospital List Prevents Practice--Bowers Probably Will Get In Saturday's Game
''The Baltimore Sun'', October 19, 1916.

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