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American football player

Zeke Smith

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Personal information

Born:

(1936-09-29)September 29, 1936
Walker Springs, Alabama, U.S.

Died:

July 22, 2016(2016-07-22) (aged 79)
Trussville, Alabama, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

235 lb (107 kg)

Career information

High school:

Uniontown (AL)

College:

Auburn (1957–1958)

NFL draft:

1959 / round: 4 / pick: 48

AFL draft:

1960 / round: 1
Pick: First Selections
(by the New York Titans)

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	24
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Roger Duane "Zeke" Smith (September 29, 1936 – July 22, 2016) was an American professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants. He played college football at Auburn where he was awarded the Outland Trophy in 1958. His banner, along with four other Auburn greats - Bo Jackson, Pat Sullivan, Tracy Rocker and Carlos Rogers, is hanging outside Jordan–Hare Stadium in his honor. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1959 NFL draft.

Smith died on July 22, 2016. He was 79 years old at the time of his death.

References

"Auburn". Helmet Hut. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
Kevin Cunningham (July 22, 2016). "Zeke Smith, former Auburn OL and LB, passes away". Saturday Down South.

v t e 1957 Auburn Tigers football—AP national champions
Billy Atkins Billy Austin Jackie Burkett Bobby Hoppe Jim Phillips Leo Sexton Zeke Smith Jerry Wilson Dick Wood Head coach Ralph Jordan Assistant coaches George Atkins Vince Dooley Joel Eaves Hal Herring Gene Lorendo

Assistant coaches: George Atkins; Vince Dooley; Joel Eaves; Hal Herring; Gene Lorendo

v t e Outland Trophy winners
1946: Connor 1947: Steffy 1948: Fischer 1949: Bagdon 1950: Gain 1951: Weatherall 1952: Modzelewski 1953: J. Roberts 1954: Brooks 1955: C. Jones 1956: Parker 1957: Karras 1958: Z. Smith 1959: McGee 1960: T. Brown 1961: Olsen 1962: Bell 1963: Appleton 1964: DeLong 1965: Nobis 1966: Phillips 1967: Yary 1968: Stanfill 1969: Reid 1970: Stillwagon 1971: Jacobson 1972: Glover 1973: Hicks 1974: White 1975: Selmon 1976: Browner 1977: Shearer 1978: G. Roberts 1979: Ritcher 1980: May 1981: Rimington 1982: Rimington 1983: Steinkuhler 1984: B. Smith 1985: Ruth 1986: Buck 1987: Hennings 1988: Rocker 1989: Elewonibi 1990: Maryland 1991: Emtman 1992: Shields 1993: Waldrop 1994: Wiegert 1995: Ogden 1996: Pace 1997: Taylor 1998: Farris 1999: Samuels 2000: Henderson 2001: McKinnie 2002: Long 2003: Gallery 2004: J. Brown 2005: Eslinger 2006: Thomas 2007: Dorsey 2008: A. Smith 2009: Suh 2010: Carimi 2011: B. Jones 2012: Joeckel 2013: Donald 2014: Scherff 2015: Garnett 2016: Robinson 2017: Oliver 2018: Williams 2019: Sewell 2020: Leatherwood 2021: Davis 2022: Oluwatimi 2023: Sweat 2024: Banks Jr.

v t e 1958 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Backfield	QB Randy Duncan HB Billy Cannon HB Pete Dawkins FB Bob White
Line	E Buddy Dial E Sam Williams T Ted Bates T Brock Strom G George Deiderich G John Guzik G Zeke Smith C Bob Harrison

v t e Baltimore Colts 1959 NFL draft selections
Jackie Burkett Dave Sherer Zeke Smith Donnis Churchwell Palmer Pyle Hal Lewis Tommy Joe Coffey Tom Brown Don Stewart Thomas Stephens Dick Wood Rudi Smith Ferdie Burket Ted Foret Morris Keller Leroy Bergan Opie Bandy Milt Crain Paul Balonick John Hernstein Lonny Leatherman Bob Davis Bob Novogratz Ed Keiffer Rene Lorio Terry Thurman Fred Long Perry McGriff Blair Weese

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