Rod Smith | |
Birth Date: | February 8, 1925 |
Birth Place: | Guelph, Ontario [1] |
Death Date: | December 11, 2016 |
Death Place: | Waterloo, Ontario |
Position1: | Guard |
College: | University of Toronto |
Playing Years1: | 1947 |
Playing Team1: | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers |
Playing Years2: | 1949 |
Playing Team2: | Montreal Alouettes |
Honors: | – Grey Cup Champion |
Rod Smith (1925–2016) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. He played offensive guard.
A graduate of University of Toronto, Smith played at least one year with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers, and then took 1948 off from football (to work in South Africa). He joined the Montreal Alouettes in 1949 and was part of the Larks first Grey Cup championship.[2] He worked as a civil engineer while playing with the Als.
After retiring from the CFL, he worked as a civil engineer in Colombia.