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{{Short description|American football and baseball coach (1882–1971)}}
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| name = Paul Garfield Smith
| name = Paul G. Smith
| image = Paul Garfield Smith.jpg
| image = Paul Garfield Smith.jpg
| caption = Smith's senior portrait in ''L'Agenda 1905'', Bucknell yearbook
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|12|15}}
| caption = Smith's senior portrait in ''L'Agenda 1905'', Bucknell yearbook
| birth_place = [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]], U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/lagenda190500unse#page/52/mode/2up |title=L'Agenda 1905 |date= |page=53 |accessdate=July 25, 2012}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1881|12|15}}<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=sRM8AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Paul+G+Smith+%22+AND+%22Bucknell%22&dq=%22Paul+G+Smith+%22+AND+%22Bucknell%22&source=bl&ots=u9KBqbpiTw&sig=1_jRMCH2Peh4y8AfHKV2zWTD3VE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2WcPUPWiH-aTiAL554DwDQ&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBA |title=The American bar - James Clark Fifield - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.ca |date= |accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11670-65327-27?cc=1861144 |title=View Images FamilySearch.org — Free Family History and Genealogy Records |publisher=Familysearch.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref>
| death_date = September 1971 (aged 89)
| birth_place = [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.org/stream/lagenda190500unse#page/52/mode/2up/search/Garfield |title=L'Agenda 1905 |publisher=Archive.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date = September 1971 (aged 89)
| alma_mater = [[Bucknell University]] (1905)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5lDAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Paul+G.+Smith,+'05,+a+younger+brother+of+Harvey+F.+Smith.%22 |title=Centennial history of Bucknell University: 1846-1946 - Lewis Edwin Theiss - Google Books |via=[[Google Books]]|accessdate=July 25, 2012|last1=Theiss |first1=Lewis Edwin |year=1946 }}</ref>
| death_place = [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| alma_mater=[[Bucknell University]] (1905)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=L5lDAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Paul+G.+Smith,+'05,+a+younger+brother+of+Harvey+F.+Smith.%22&dq=%22Paul+G.+Smith,+'05,+a+younger+brother+of+Harvey+F.+Smith.%22&source=bl&ots=tcsThTJeHv&sig=pTVHyhOhYmzqDJeR2EspyYAdztw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=s2QPUJ3UGdHoiQKDvIHAAQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA |title=Centennial history of Bucknell University: 1846-1946 - Lewis Edwin Theiss - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.ca |date= |accessdate=2012-07-25}}</ref>
| coach_years2 = 1908
| sport = [[College football]]
| coach_team2 = [[Bucknell Bison football|Bucknell]]
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| coach_years3 = 1909
| current_title =
| coach_team3 = [[Dickinson Red Devils football|Dickinson]]
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| coach_sport4 = Baseball
| overall_record = 6-9-3
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| coach_years5 = 1908
| coach_team5 = [[Bucknell Bison baseball|Bucknell]]
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| overall_record = 6–9–3 (football)<br>10–8 (baseball)
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'''Paul Garfield Smith''' (December 15, 1882 – September 1971)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sRM8AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Paul+G+Smith+%22+AND+%22Bucknell%22 |title=The American bar - James Clark Fifield - Google Books |via=[[Google Books]]|accessdate=July 25, 2012|year=1950 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11670-65327-27?cc=1861144 |title=View Images FamilySearch.org — Free Family History and Genealogy Records |publisher=Familysearch.org |date= |accessdate=July 25, 2012}}</ref> was an American [[college football]] and [[college baseball]] coach from [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]].
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| coach_years = 1909
==Biography==
| coach_teams = [[Dickinson College|Dickinson]]
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.<ref>[http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf Centennial Conference] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029080109/http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf |date=October 29, 2008 }} "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"</ref>
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During the 1918 and 1919, high school football seasons, he coached [[Harrisburg Technical High School]] to 21 undefeated wins.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Beers|first=Paul|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/761221337|title=City contented, city discontented : a history of modern Harrisburg|publisher=Midtown Scholar Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-9839571-0-2|pages=142|oclc=761221337}}</ref>

He later worked as an attorney and judge, at one point serving as the president judge of the [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Dauphin County]] Court.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Profiles from the Susquehanna Valley: Past and Present Vignettes of Its People, Times, and Towns|author=Beers, P.B.|date=1973|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=9780811713801|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8rWAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=August 22, 2015}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===Football===
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| name = [[Bucknell Bison football|Bucknell]]
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1908
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1908 college football season|1908]]
| name = Bucknell
| overall = 3–5–2
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bucknell
| overall = 3–5–2
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Dickinson Red Devils football|Dickinson Red and White]]
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1909
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1909 college football season|1909]]
| name = [[1909 Dickinson Red and White football team|Dickinson]]
| overall = 3–4–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bucknell
| overall = 3–4–1
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 6–9–3
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
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}}
'''Paul Garfield Smith''' (December 15, 1882 – September 1971) was the head football coach for [[Bucknell University]] (1908) and [[Dickinson College]] (1909).<ref>[http://www.centennial.org/football/2008/guide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf Centennial Conference] "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"</ref> His overall coaching record was 6-9-3.<ref>[http://www.centennial.org/football/mediaguide/PDF/21-23-Dickinson.pdf ]{{dead link|date=July 2012}}</ref> He later worked as an attorney and judge, at one point serving as the president judge of the [[Dauphin County]] Court.<ref>[http://books.google.ca/books?id=D8rWAAAAMAAJ&q=paul+g+smith+president+judge+dauphin+died&dq=paul+g+smith+president+judge+dauphin+died&source=bl&ots=1vfBFYBkW2&sig=ijuEbDxIlFKPDuIC9Faoma_o2R8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cWwPUI_rJ5DuigKowICYBA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Bucknell Bison baseball coaches]]
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[[Category:Dickinson Red Devils football coaches]]
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[[Category:1971 deaths]]
[[Category:Bucknell University alumni]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]


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Latest revision as of 02:34, 17 July 2024

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.
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