Born: September 10, 1918
Hometown: Jackson, MS
Year Induction: 1998
Lanier High School (1932-1938)
Jackson State College (1938)
Tougaloo College (1939, 1946-1947)
Alexander High School, Brookhaven, MS (1942-1944)
Bell Street High School, Grenada, MS (1944-1945)
Head Coach, Lanier High School, Jackson, MS (1945-1968)
SWAC football and basketball official for 30 years
Father of the JSU homecoming parade
Tougaloo College (1993)
Mississippi Association of Coaches (1979)
Until 1951, Coach Smith’s football teams had to use shoe polish to write numbers on their jerseys. A picture of the jerseys is upstairs in the high school gallery.
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