Don Smith | |
Position: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 170 |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1910 |
Death Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Highschool: | Bellevue (Bellevue, Pennsylvania) |
College: | Pittsburgh (1930–1933) |
Career Start: | 1933 |
Career End: | 1944 |
Years1: | 1933–1934 |
Team1: | McKeesport Willigs |
Years2: | 1934–1937 |
Team2: | Pittsburgh Willigs |
Years3: | 1935–1936 |
Team3: | McKeesport Big Five |
Years4: | 1937–1938 |
Team4: | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Years5: | 1938 |
Team5: | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
Years6: | 1938–1939 |
Team6: | McKeesport Big Five |
Years7: | 1939–1940 |
Team7: | Pittsburgh North Side |
Years8: | 1940–1941 |
Team8: | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Years9: | 1941–1942 |
Team9: | Pittsburgh Young Republicans |
Years10: | 1942–1944 |
Team10: | Pittsburgh Corbetts |
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Donald Heddaeus Smith (October 18, 1910 – January 27, 1994) was an American college basketball player who played for the University of Pittsburgh during the 1930s. He played the guard position and was tall.[1] He was voted as a consensus NCAA All-American as a senior in 1932–33 after guiding the Panthers to their second consecutive Eastern Intercollegiate Conference championship.[2] Smith, who was from Bellevue, Pennsylvania, was known for his quick basketball instincts. After retirement, he became a dentist in the Pittsburgh area.[3]