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Byron Lambert "Crook" Smith (March 21, 1899 – March 3, 1990) was a college football and basketball player and coach inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.
Mercer University
Smith earned 13 letters in football, baseball, basketball, and trackfor the Mercer Bears. He was inducted into the Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame in its inaugural year of 1971. "Crook" was the brother of Phoney Smith.
Football
Smith was a prominent end on the football team.
1922
He was selected All-Southern.
1923
He was selected All-Southern by Julian Leggett of the Macon News.
Coaching career
Georgia Southern
Smith coached the Georgia Southern Eagles team of Georgia Southern University (then known as Georgia Teacher's College) from 1929 to 1942. His basketball teams compiled a 116–60 record. His 1939 football team won the Bacardi Bowl.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers Blue Tide (Independent) | |||||||||
| 1929 | South Georgia Teachers | 4–3–2 | |||||||
| 1930 | South Georgia Teachers | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| 1931 | South Georgia Teachers | 3–6 | |||||||
| 1932 | South Georgia Teachers | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1933 | South Georgia Teachers | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1934 | South Georgia Teachers | 4–6 | |||||||
| 1935 | South Georgia Teachers | 3–3–2 | |||||||
| 1936 | South Georgia Teachers | 2–8 | |||||||
| 1937 | South Georgia Teachers | 2–9 | |||||||
| 1938 | South Georgia Teachers | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1939 | Georgia Teachers | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1940 | Georgia Teachers | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1941 | Georgia Teachers | 2–8 | |||||||
| South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers: | 45–66–7 | ||||||||
| Total: | 45–66–7 | ||||||||