Inductees

Smith, born in Russellville, Mo., anchored the offensive line on the University of Southern California’s Rose Bowl football teams in the 1938 and 1939 seasons and earned All-America honors each year. In the 1939 season, the Trojans finished 8-0-2 as national champions, including a 14-0 Rose Bowl victory over the University of Tennessee. He was named to the collegiate “Half-Century All-American Team” in 1950. Following graduation, Smith played one year for the Detroit Lions in 1940. He then served as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri and USC before becoming head coach of the Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Smith was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955 and to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.