Raymond Henry Smith (August 27, 1908 – May 1984) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
center who played three seasons in the
National Football League
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(NFL) with the
Providence Steam Roller and
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...
. He first enrolled at the
University of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa (TU) is a private research university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It has a historic affiliation with the Presbyterian Church and the campus architectural style is predominantly Collegiate Gothic. The school traces its origin to ...
before transferring to the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...
. He attended
Sapulpa High School Sapulpa High School is a public high school in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, United States serving 1,020 students in grades 10–12.
66% of the students are white, while 5% are black, 5% are Hispanic and 24% are American Indian.
Athletics
Sapulpa High Scho ...
in
Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Smith was also a member of the
Portsmouth Spartans.
References
External links
Just Sports Stats
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1908 births
1984 deaths
Players of American football from Missouri
American football centers
Tulsa Golden Hurricane football players
Missouri Tigers football players
Providence Steam Roller players
Philadelphia Eagles players