John "Clipper" Smith

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John "Clipper" Smith

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1904-12-12)December 12, 1904 Hartford, Connecticut
Died	May 11, 1973(1973-05-11) (aged 68) West Hartford, Connecticut
Playing career
1925–1927	Notre Dame
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1928 1931–1933 1935 1936–1938	Notre Dame (assistant) NC State Duquesne (line) Duquesne
Head coaching record
Overall	28–24–5
Bowls	1–0
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards All-American, 1927

College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1975 (profile)

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.^[1]

Head coaching record

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
^#Rankings from final AP Poll.

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e 1927 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Morley Drury HB Red Cagle HB Gibby Welch FB Herb Joesting C Larry Bettencourt C John Charlesworth G John "Clipper" Smith G Bill Webster T Ed Hake T Jesse Hibbs E Tom Nash E Bennie Oosterbaan

Persondata
Name	Smith, John "Clipper"
Alternative names	Smith, John Philip; Smith, John P.
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	December 12, 1904
Place of birth	Hartford, Connecticut
Date of death	May 11, 1973
Place of death	West Hartford, Connecticut

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