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Moving from Category:People from Cleburne, Texas to Category:Sportspeople from Cleburne, Texas using Cat-a-lot

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{{Short description|American football player (1898–1964)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Lou Smyth
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| position = [[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]] / [[Halfback (American football)|Tailback]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|3|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cleburne, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|9|11|1898|3|19|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Long Beach, California]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 200
| high_school = [[Sherman High School (Texas)|Sherman (TX)]]
| college = [[Centre Colonels football|Centre]]
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| pastteams =
* [[Canton Bulldogs]] (1920–1923)
* [[Gilberton Cadamounts]] (1924)
* [[Rochester Jeffersons]] (1924–1925)
* [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]] (1925–1926)
* [[Providence Steamroller]] (1926)
* [[Hartford Blues]] (1926)
| highlights =
* 3× [[List of NFL champions|NFL champion]] ([[1922 Canton Bulldogs season|1922]], [[1923 Canton Bulldogs season|1923]], [[1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets season|1926]])
* Canton Daily News: 1st team all-NFL (1923)
| pfr = SmytLo20
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'''Louie Lehman Smyth''' (March 19, 1898 – September 11, 1964) was a professional [[American football|football]] player for the [[Canton Bulldogs]] from [[1920 NFL season|1920]] until [[1923 NFL season|1923]]. Smyth won two NFL championships with the Bulldogs in 1922 and 1923 and another with the Yellow Jackets in 1926. He also played for the [[Hartford Blues]], [[Rochester Jeffersons]] and the [[Providence Steamroller]]. Outside of the [[National Football League]] (NFL), he played for the [[Gilberton Cadamounts]] of the [[Anthracite League]]. During his year in Gilberton, Smyth doubled as a player with the Jeffersons.
In 1923 Smyth led the NFL in touchdowns, with 7.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.profootball24x7.com/column_view.php?cid=47&id=2018&view=archive |title=NFL Stats, Analysis, Forums, Articles |access-date=2009-03-17 |archive-date=2012-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218071553/http://www.profootball24x7.com/column_view.php?cid=47&id=2018&view=archive |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Smyth was strong runner. He was able to run over opposing linemen due to his size. However, he was also an effective passer. Although he completed 25% of his passes, his passing average was better than 20-yards per completion. He also led the league in both [[touchdown]]s rushing and touchdown passes thrown, matching the record held by [[Jimmy Conzelman]] from the [[1922 NFL season|1922 season]]. On defense, he may also have tied for the NFL lead in interceptions however no official statistics were kept at the time.

==Highlights==

*Smyth connected on a few passes to get Canton kicker [[Pete Henry]] within [[Field goal (football)|field goal]] range, for a 6-0 win over the [[Chicago Bears]].
*A Canton win over the [[Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)|Chicago Cardinals]] resulted on November 4, 1923 when Smyth threw a 45-yard pass to [[Guy Chamberlin]] to put Canton at the Cardinals 13-yard-line. Smyth later cross over the goal line for the winning score.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/story.jsp?story_id=2571|title = 5-0: Patriots-Cowboys showdown a rarity | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site}}</ref>
*On September 27, 1925, while playing for Rochester Jeffersons, Smyth threw a 55-yard pass to [[Shag Sheard]] during a 14-7 loss to the Canton Bulldogs.
*On October 18, 1925 Smyth threw a 40-yard pass to [[Eddie Lynch]] during a 7-6 defeat to the [[Waterbury Blues]].
*A week later Smyth threw a 20-yard pass to Kellogg in a 33-13 loss to the [[Green Bay Packers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rochesterjeffersons.com/PDF/1925%20Rochester%20Jeffersons.pdf |title=1925 Rochester Jeffersons |access-date=2009-03-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060621235623/http://www.rochesterjeffersons.com/PDF/1925%20Rochester%20Jeffersons.pdf |archive-date=2006-06-21 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal|title=Ditto 1923 |journal=Coffin Corner |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |pages=1–5 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Ditto.pdf |author=PFRA|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226105821/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Ditto.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-26 }}
*{{cite book | title=Fritz Pollard | first=John M. | last=Carroll | isbn=0-252-06799-1 | publisher=University of Illinois Press | year=1999}}

==External links==
*{{Find a Grave}}

{{1922 Canton Bulldogs}}
{{1923 Canton Bulldogs}}
{{1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets}}

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