Paul G. Smith
 Smith's senior portrait in L'Agenda 1905, Bucknell yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 15, 1881 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1] |
| Died | September 1971 (aged 89) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Bucknell University (1905)[2] |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908 | Bucknell |
| 1909 | Dickinson |
| Baseball | |
| 1908 | Bucknell |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 6–9–3 (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
[edit]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
[edit]Football
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "L'Agenda 1905". p. 53. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ Theiss, Lewis Edwin (1946). Centennial history of Bucknell University: 1846-1946 - Lewis Edwin Theiss - Google Books. Retrieved July 25, 2012 – via Google Books.
- ^ The American bar - James Clark Fifield - Google Books. 1950. Retrieved July 25, 2012 – via Google Books.
- ^ "View Images FamilySearch.org — Free Family History and Genealogy Records". Familysearch.org. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
- ^ Centennial Conference Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.