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player and coach inducted into the
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1979. He played for Mercer, and, after a short career as a baseball player and umpire in professional baseball, he was the head coach for the
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In basketball he was a forward, and was selected All-Southern. He was captain of the basketball team. He played alongside
282:. He was inducted into the Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame in its inaugural year of 1971. "Crook" was the older brother of
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1031:"The Mercer Cluster. (Macon, Ga.) 1920-current, March 03, 1922, Image 1 « Georgia Historic Newspapers"
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said Smith during his playing days was "without a doubt the best all-around athlete of the South."
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http://dlgmedia1-www.galib.uga.edu/data/newspapers-pdf/mer/mer1923/mer1923-0107.pdf
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905:"Al Staton, Davis, Whelchel Frye, Roberts, Cobington, Bennett, Fletcher Picked"
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and Bob Gamble. Their team was the runner-up to North
Carolina in the
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Georgia_Southern_University/
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Georgia
Southern Eagles men's basketball head coaches
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South
Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers Blue Tide
948:. December 7, 1923. pp. 3, 6. Archived from
235:(March 21, 1899 – March 3, 1990) was an American
1657:Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball coaches
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1043:
974:. October 1, 1880 – via Internet Archive.
804:. October 1, 1880 – via Internet Archive.
857:
827:"Mitchel Tenpenny - Official Athletics Website"
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1506:Georgia Southern Eagles head baseball coaches
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1100:Georgia Southern Eagles head football coaches
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886:"Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team"
1697:Players of American football from Tennessee
1692:Coaches of American football from Tennessee
1677:Mercer Bears men's track and field athletes
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986:"Reference at dlgmedia1-www.galib.uga.edu"
697:South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers:
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151:South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers
136:South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers
1652:Georgia Southern Eagles football coaches
1647:Georgia Southern Eagles baseball coaches
853:
851:
1044:Delma E. Presley (September 30, 2013).
864:. Mercer University Press. p. 45.
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233:Byron Lambert "Consuello" "Crook" Smith
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1682:All-Southern college football players
1672:Mercer Bears men's basketball players
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1003:"Reference at static.soconsports.com"
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903:Cliff Wheatley (December 10, 1922).
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1687:People from Fayetteville, Tennessee
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1642:Basketball coaches from Tennessee
1637:American men's basketball players
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1702:Baseball coaches from Tennessee
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942:"The Telegraph's All-Southern"
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1:
1667:Mercer Bears football players
1662:Mercer Bears baseball players
972:"The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega"
802:"The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega"
784:"Clipped from the Macon News"
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216:Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame
1464:# denotes interim head coach
1257:# denotes interim head coach
7:
1047:Georgia Southern University
831:Mercer University Athletics
790:. July 10, 1949. p. 9.
364:Georgia Southern University
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254:Georgia Southern University
218:Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
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858:Robert E Wilder (2011).
844:A Gift for Giving, p. 51
1050:. Arcadia. p. 91.
890:Richmond Times Dispatch
815:Mercer Bulletin, p. 203
360:Georgia Southern Eagles
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250:Georgia Southern Eagles
42:Fayetteville, Tennessee
1632:American football ends
618:South Georgia Teachers
597:South Georgia Teachers
576:South Georgia Teachers
555:South Georgia Teachers
534:South Georgia Teachers
513:South Georgia Teachers
492:South Georgia Teachers
471:South Georgia Teachers
450:South Georgia Teachers
429:South Georgia Teachers
298:on the football team.
294:Smith was a prominent
166:South Georgia Teachers
1707:Forwards (basketball)
343:1922 SoCon Tournament
322:by Julian Leggett of
260:University of Georgia
909:Atlanta Constitution
892:. December 10, 1922.
741:"B.L. "Crook" Smith"
374:Head coaching record
176:Head coaching record
113:Forward (basketball)
24:Biographical details
1320:Records unavailable
952:on December 8, 2019
861:Gridiron Glory Days
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318:He was selected
306:He was selected
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188:32–20 (baseball)
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1579:
1571:
1567:J. I. Clements
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1555:
1551:J. I. Clements
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1432:Charlton Young
1428:
1420:
1416:Gregg Polinsky
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1364:
1360:Frank Radovich
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1121:Hugh A. Woodle
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788:The Macon News
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1198:
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1193:Chris Hatcher
1190:
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1161:Frank Ellwood
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414:(Independent)
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16:
1535:R. I. DeWitt
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1518:
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1462:
1344:George Cukro
1335:
1327:
1319:
1311:
1256:
1255:
1209:Willie Fritz
1169:Paul Johnson
1136:
1128:
1046:
1039:
1025:
1014:
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966:
954:. Retrieved
950:the original
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936:
919:– via
913:. Retrieved
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748:the original
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368:Bacardi Bowl
357:
336:
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320:All-Southern
317:
308:All-Southern
305:
293:
284:Phoney Smith
280:Mercer Bears
276:Fayetteville
273:
258:
232:
231:
204:All-Southern
54:(1990-03-03)
15:
1627:1990 deaths
1622:1899 births
1593:(1976–1999)
1585:(1972–1975)
1577:(1969–1971)
1575:Bill Spieth
1559:Bill Spieth
1553:(1949–1966)
1529:(1936–1946)
1521:(1933–1935)
1519:Crook Smith
1450:(2020–2023)
1442:(2013–2020)
1434:(2009–2013)
1426:(1999–2009)
1418:(1995–1999)
1408:Doug Durham
1402:(1981–1994)
1400:Frank Kerns
1394:(1980–1981)
1392:John Nelson
1386:(1977–1980)
1378:(1974–1977)
1370:(1970–1974)
1362:(1967–1970)
1354:(1947–1967)
1346:(1946–1947)
1338:(1942–1946)
1330:(1930–1942)
1328:Crook Smith
1322:(1929–1930)
1314:(1926–1929)
1249:Clay Helton
1235:(2017–2021)
1227:(2016–2017)
1211:(2014–2015)
1203:(2010–2013)
1201:Jeff Monken
1195:(2007–2009)
1179:(2002–2005)
1171:(1997–2001)
1155:(1990–1995)
1153:Tim Stowers
1147:(1982–1989)
1145:Erk Russell
1139:(1942–1981)
1131:(1929–1941)
1129:Crook Smith
1123:(1927–1928)
1115:(1924–1926)
911:. p. 3
417:(1929–1941)
105:Position(s)
19:Crook Smith
1616:Categories
1448:Brian Burg
1424:Jeff Price
1368:J. E. Rowe
1217:Dell McGee
1177:Mike Sewak
724:References
397:Conference
333:Basketball
326:Macon News
245:basketball
142:Basketball
111:(football)
86:Basketball
35:1899-03-21
956:April 18,
915:March 16,
757:April 18,
400:Standing
162:1933–1935
147:1930–1942
132:1929–1942
91:1921–1924
76:1921–1924
59:Tennessee
1601:(2000– )
1583:Ron Polk
1251:(2022– )
1243:# (2021)
1219:# (2015)
394:Overall
379:Football
362:team of
290:Football
252:team of
241:baseball
157:Baseball
127:Football
71:Football
1527:No team
1458:(2023–)
1336:No team
1312:Unknown
1137:No team
715:45–66–7
701:45–66–7
243:, and
181:Overall
1569:(1968)
1561:(1967)
1545:(1948)
1537:(1947)
1187:(2006)
1163:(1996)
1054:
868:
711:Total:
262:coach
198:Awards
95:Mercer
80:Mercer
61:, U.S.
44:, U.S.
1006:(PDF)
989:(PDF)
751:(PDF)
744:(PDF)
622:3–5–1
559:3–3–2
454:3–4–2
433:4–3–2
391:Team
388:Year
1052:ISBN
958:2015
917:2015
866:ISBN
759:2015
676:1941
655:1940
634:1939
613:1938
592:1937
571:1936
550:1935
529:1934
508:1933
487:1932
466:1931
445:1930
424:1929
324:the
314:1923
302:1922
212:1923
208:1922
49:Died
29:Born
685:2–8
664:3–5
643:5–5
601:2–9
580:2–8
538:4–6
517:5–3
496:6–2
475:3–6
296:end
109:End
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310:.
286:.
239:,
210:,
120:HC
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1490:t
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