Jim Ray Smith
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| Position: | Guard / Defensive end | ||||
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| Date of birth: | February 27, 1932 | ||||
| Place of birth: | West Columbia, Texas | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 241 lb (109 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | West Columbia (TX) | ||||
| College: | Baylor | ||||
| NFL Draft: | 1954 / Round: 6 / Pick: 64 | ||||
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| Games played: | 93 |
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James Ray Smith (born February 27, 1932) is a former American football offensive guard who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns and the American football. He played college football for Baylor University.
Smith attended West Columbia High School where he practiced four sports. He accepted a scholarship from Baylor University, where he was a two-way tackle and a three-year starter.
In 1968, he was inducted into the Baylor University Athletics Hall of Fame. In 1987, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
Smith was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round (64th overall) of the 1954 NFL Draft with a future draft pick, which allowed the team to draft him before his college eligibility was over.
Because of military service in the U.S. Army (23 months), his rookie season began in November 1956, when he was tried at defensive end. Although he was one of the fastest players on the team, the next year he was moved to the offense and became one of Paul Brown's messenger offensive guards, splitting time with Herschel Forester. In 1958, he became a full-time starter and one of the best guards in the NFL, while blocking for future hall of famers running backs Jim Brown and Bobby Mitchell.
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