John "Clipper" Smith

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other John Philip "Little Clipper" Smith (December 12, 1904 – May 11, 1973) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football as a guard at the University of Notre Dame under Knute Rockne. Smith was a consensus All-American in 1927. He later served as the head coach at North Carolina State University from 1931 to 1933 and at Duquesne University from 1936 to 1938, compiling a career record of 28–24–5. Smith was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1975. He died on May 11, 1973, in West Hartford, Connecticut just before a National Football Foundation awards dinner that was to have honored him.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP#
NC State Wolfpack (Southern Conference) (1931–1933)
1931	NC State	3–6	2–4	T–17th
1932	NC State	6–1–2	3–1–1	7th
1933	NC State	1–5–3	0–4	10th
NC State:		10–12–5	5–9–1
Duquesne Dukes (Independent) (1936–1938)
1936	Duquesne	8–2			W Orange	14
1937	Duquesne	6–4
1938	Duquesne	4–6
Duquesne:		18–12
Total:		28–24–5
Template:Plainlist #Rankings from final AP Poll.

External links

• [[[:Template:College Football HoF/url]] College Football Hall of Fame profile]

• Template:First word Template:PAGENAMEBASE at Find a GraveTemplate:EditAtWikidata

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