Blane Smith | |
Number: | 56 |
Position: | Linebacker |
Birth Date: | 13 July 1954 |
Birth Place: | Gary, Indiana, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lbs: | 248 |
High School: | Gary (IN) Theodore Roosevelt |
College: | Purdue |
Draftyear: | 1977 |
Draftround: | 7 |
Draftpick: | 184 |
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Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 10 |
Pfr: | SmitBl20 |
Blane Smith (born July 13, 1954) is a former linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1977 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns and was a member of the Green Bay Packers that season.[1] After his NFL career he went to work for Inland Steel as a sales rep. He was captain of his college football team at Purdue University. How now lives in Detroit and is CEO of Blane Smith and Associates. He has two sons, Blane and Blake.