Paul G. Smith Explained

Paul G. Smith
Birth Date:15 December 1881
Birth Place:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]
Death Date:September 1971 (aged 89)
Death Place:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma Mater:Bucknell University (1905)[2]
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1908
Coach Team2:Bucknell
Coach Years3:1909
Coach Team3:Dickinson
Coach Sport4:Baseball
Coach Years5:1908
Coach Team5:Bucknell
Overall Record:6–9–3 (football)
10–8 (baseball)

Paul Garfield Smith (December 15, 1882 – September 1971)[3] [4] was an American college football and college baseball coach from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Biography

Smith served as the head football coach for Bucknell University in 1908 and at Dickinson College in 1909, compiling a career college football coaching record of 6–9–3. Smith was also the head baseball coach at Bucknell in 1908, tallying a mark of 10–8.[5]

During the 1918 and 1919, high school football seasons, he coached Harrisburg Technical High School to 21 undefeated wins.[6]

He later worked as an attorney and judge, at one point serving as the president judge of the Dauphin County Court.[7]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: L'Agenda 1905 . 53 . July 25, 2012.
  2. Book: Centennial history of Bucknell University: 1846-1946 - Lewis Edwin Theiss - Google Books . Google Books. July 25, 2012. Theiss . Lewis Edwin . 1946 .
  3. Book: The American bar - James Clark Fifield - Google Books . Google Books. July 25, 2012. 1950 .
  4. Web site: View Images FamilySearch.org — Free Family History and Genealogy Records . Familysearch.org . July 25, 2012.
  5. http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf Centennial Conference
  6. Book: Beers, Paul. City contented, city discontented : a history of modern Harrisburg. Midtown Scholar Press. 2011. 978-0-9839571-0-2. 142. 761221337.
  7. Book: Profiles from the Susquehanna Valley: Past and Present Vignettes of Its People, Times, and Towns. Beers, P.B.. 1973. Stackpole Books. 9780811713801. August 22, 2015.