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Paul G. Smith

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Paul G. Smith
Smith's senior portrait in L'Agenda 1905, Bucknell yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1881-12-15)December 15, 1881
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]
DiedSeptember 1971 (aged 89)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materBucknell University (1905)[2]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1908Bucknell
1909Dickinson
Baseball
1908Bucknell
Head coaching record
Overall6–9–3 (football)
10–8 (baseball)

Paul Garfield Smith (December 15, 1882 – September 1971)[3][4] was an American college football and college baseball coach from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Biography

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Smith served as the head football coach for Bucknell University in 1908 and at Dickinson College in 1909, compiling a career college football coaching record of 6–9–3. Smith was also the head baseball coach at Bucknell in 1908, tallying a mark of 10–8.[5]

During the 1918 and 1919, high school football seasons, he coached Harrisburg Technical High School to 21 undefeated wins.[6]

He later worked as an attorney and judge, at one point serving as the president judge of the Dauphin County Court.[7]

Head coaching record

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Football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Bucknell (Independent) (1908)
1908 Bucknell 3–5–2
Bucknell: 3–5–2
Dickinson Red and White (Independent) (1909)
1909 Dickinson 3–4–1
Bucknell: 3–4–1
Total: 6–9–3

References

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  1. ^ "L'Agenda 1905". p. 53. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  2. ^ Theiss, Lewis Edwin (1946). Centennial history of Bucknell University: 1846-1946 - Lewis Edwin Theiss - Google Books. Retrieved July 25, 2012 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ The American bar - James Clark Fifield - Google Books. 1950. Retrieved July 25, 2012 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "View Images FamilySearch.org — Free Family History and Genealogy Records". Familysearch.org. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  5. ^ Centennial Conference Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
  6. ^ Beers, Paul (2011). City contented, city discontented : a history of modern Harrisburg. Midtown Scholar Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-9839571-0-2. OCLC 761221337.
  7. ^ Beers, P.B. (1973). Profiles from the Susquehanna Valley: Past and Present Vignettes of Its People, Times, and Towns. Stackpole Books. ISBN 9780811713801. Retrieved August 22, 2015.