Sport(s) Football 1928 Notre Dame (assistant) 1935 Duquesne (line) Name John Smith Education University of Notre Dame | 1925–1927 Notre Dame 1931–1933 NC State 1936–1938 Duquesne Role American football player Positions Guard | |
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Born December 12, 1904Hartford, Connecticut ( 1904-12-12 ) Died May 11, 1973, West Hartford, Connecticut, United States | ||
John Philip "Little Clipper" Smith (December 12, 1904 – May 11, 1973) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football as a guard at the University of Notre Dame under Knute Rockne. Smith was a consensus All-American in 1927. He later served as the head coach at North Carolina State University from 1931 to 1933 and at Duquesne University from 1936 to 1938, compiling a career record of 28–24–5. Smith was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1975. He died on May 11, 1973 in West Hartford, Connecticut just before a National Football Foundation awards dinner that was to have honored him.
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