Crook Smith
Biographical details | |
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Born | Fayetteville, Tennessee | March 21, 1899
Died | March 3, 1990 Tennessee | (aged 90)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1922–1923 | Mercer |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1929–1942 | South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers |
Basketball | |
1930–1942 | South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers |
Baseball | |
1933–1935 | South Georgia Teachers |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 45–66–7 (football) 116–60 (basketball) 32–20 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
All-Southern (1922, 1923) Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame Georgia Sports Hall of Fame | |
Byron Lambert "Crook" Smith (March 21, 1899 – March 3, 1990) was an American college football and basketball player and coach inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.[1]
Mercer University[]
Smith earned 13 letters in football, baseball, basketball, and track for the Mercer Bears. He was inducted into the Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame in its inaugural year of 1971.[2] "Crook" was the brother of Phoney Smith.
Football[]
Smith was a prominent end on the football team.[3]
1922[]
He was selected All-Southern.[4][5]
1923[]
He was selected All-Southern by Julian Leggett of the Macon News.[3][6]
Coaching career[]
Georgia Southern[]
Smith coached the Georgia Southern Eagles team of Georgia Southern University (then known as Georgia Teacher's College) from 1929 to 1942. His basketball teams compiled a 116–60 record.[1][7] His 1939 football team won the Bacardi Bowl.
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers Blue Tide (Independent) (1929–1941) | |||||||||
1929 | South Georgia Teachers | 4–3–2 | |||||||
1930 | South Georgia Teachers | 3–4–2 | |||||||
1931 | South Georgia Teachers | 3–6 | |||||||
1932 | South Georgia Teachers | 6–2 | |||||||
1933 | South Georgia Teachers | 5–3 | |||||||
1934 | South Georgia Teachers | 4–6 | |||||||
1935 | South Georgia Teachers | 3–3–2 | |||||||
1936 | South Georgia Teachers | 2–8 | |||||||
1937 | South Georgia Teachers | 2–9 | |||||||
1938 | South Georgia Teachers | 3–5–1 | |||||||
1939 | Georgia Teachers | 5–5 | |||||||
1940 | Georgia Teachers | 3–5 | |||||||
1941 | Georgia Teachers | 2–8 | |||||||
South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers: | 45–66–7 | ||||||||
Total: | 45–66–7 |
References[]
- ^ a b "B.L. "Crook" Smith" (PDF).
- ^ "Mercer Hall of Fame".
- ^ a b Robert E Wilder (2011). Gridiron Glory Days. p. 45. ISBN 9780881462678.
- ^ "Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team". Richmond Times Dispatch. December 10, 1922.
- ^ Cliff Wheatley (December 10, 1922). "Al Staton, Davis, Whelchel Frye, Roberts, Cobington, Bennett, Fletcher Picked". Atlanta Constitution. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Telegraph's All-Southern". Mercer Cluster. December 7, 1923. pp. 3, 6.
- ^ Delma E. Presley (September 30, 2013). Georgia Southern University. p. 91. ISBN 9781439644027.
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