Birth Date: | 26 November 1915 |
Currentposition: | Guard |
School: | Ohio State Buckeyes |
Pastschools: | Ohio State (1935) |
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William Inwood Smith (November 26, 1915 - January 15, 1995) was an All-American football player for the Ohio State University Buckeyes in the mid-1930s. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1937 NFL Draft.[1] A native of New Jersey, he moved with his family to Mansfield, Ohio as a boy. In addition to football, Smith was a competitive swimmer, basketball player, and track and field athlete.[2] At the end of the 1935 college football season, Smith was selected as a first-team All-American by Grantland Rice for Collier's Weekly and by a board of coaches for Pathé News.[3] [4] After graduating from Ohio State, Smith was employed by the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Cleveland.[5] During World War II, Smith became district supervisor of the Office of Price Administration in Columbus, Ohio.[6] [7]