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Phoney Smith
Mercer Bears
PositionHalfback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1905-06-26)June 26, 1905
Fayetteville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died:October 27, 1985(1985-10-27) (aged 80)
Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S.
Career history
CollegeMercer (1925–1927)
Career highlights and awards
  • All-Southern (1927)
  • Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
  • Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame
  • Mercer's all-time leading scorer (176 points)

Joseph Farrar "Phoney" Smith (June 26, 1905 – October 27, 1985) was an American college football player and high school coach and athletic director.

Mercer University

"Phoney" was a prominent halfback for the Mercer Baptists of Mercer University. His brother was Crook Smith. He was elected to the Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame in 1971, and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1969. Smith was a teammate of later Georgia coach Wally Butts and played for coach Bernie Moore.

1927

Smith was selected All-Southern in 1927. called by one writer "the best athlete who ever put on a Mercer uniform." Smith was the first Southern player to cross the goal line against the "dream and wonder" team of Georgia on a 95-yard kickoff.

Semi pro ball

In the late 1920s, he went on to play semi-pro football with the Ironton Tanks in Ironton, Ohio, a team that was the forerunner of the Cleveland Browns.

South Broward

Smith was a coach and athletic director at South Broward High School, where he taught for more than 20 years.

References

  1. James C. Bryant (1993). A Gift for Giving: The Story of Lamar RIch Plunkett. p. 51. ISBN 9780865544307.
  2. "Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame".
  3. ^ "'Phoney' Smith, Broward Coach For 2 Decades". October 29, 1985. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014.
  4. Jon Nelson (July 2012). A History of College Football In Georgia:Glory on the Gridiron. p. 29. ISBN 9781614236139.
  5. "Spears Given Highest Vote in Selection". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. November 27, 1927.
  6. "Phoney Gallops In Final Battle". Mercer Cluster. November 11, 1927.
  7. ^ Garbin, Patrick (2008). About them Dawgs!: Georgia football's memorable teams and players. United States: Scarecrow Press. pp. 43, 48. ISBN 978-0-8108-6040-7.
  8. Bryant, James C. (1993). A gift for giving: the story of Lamar Rich Plunkett. United States: Mercer University Press. p. 51. ISBN 0-86554-430-1. phoney smith mercer.

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