Crook Smith
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Byron Lambert "Consuello" "Crook" Smith (March 21, 1899 – March 3, 1990) was an American college football, baseball, and basketball player and coach inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.[1] He played for Mercer, and, after a short career as a baseball player and umpire in professional baseball, he was the head coach for the Georgia Southern Eagles team of Georgia Southern University (then known as Georgia Teacher's College).[2] He was later assistant pastor and director of young people's work at Immanuel Baptist Church in Savannah.[3]
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1899-03-21)March 21, 1899 Fayetteville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | March 3, 1990(1990-03-03) (aged 90) Tennessee, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1921–1924 | Mercer |
Basketball | |
1921–1924 | Mercer |
Position(s) | End (football) Forward (basketball) |
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 | |
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University of Georgia coach Herman Stegeman said Smith during his playing days was "without a doubt the best all-around athlete of the South."[4]