Crook Smith
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 21, 1899 Fayetteville, Tennessee |
| Died | March 3, 1990 (aged 90) Tennessee |
| Alma mater | Mercer University |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1923 | Mercer |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1929–1942 | Georgia Southern |
| Basketball | |
| 1930–1942 | Georgia Southern |
| Baseball | |
| 1933–1935 | Georgia Southern |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 44–66–7 (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 |
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Byron Lambert "Crook" Smith (March 21, 1899 – March 3, 1990) was a college football and basketball player and coach inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.
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. "Crook" was the brother of Phoney Smith.
Smith was a prominent end on the football team.
He was selected All-Southern.
He was selected All-Southern by Julian Leggett of the Macon News.
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. His 1939 football team won the Bacardi Bowl.
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