Larry Smith
Larry Smith was born in Tampa, Florida, United States on September 2nd, 1947 and is the Football Player. At the age of 76, Larry Smith biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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William Lawrence Smith (born September 2, 1947) is an American former college and professional football player who competed in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons between the 1960s and 1970s.
Smith played college football for the University of Florida and received All-American honors.
He was a first-round pick in the 1969 NFL Draft and spent time with the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins of the NFL.
Early life
Smith was born in 1947 in Tampa, Florida, and attended Thomas Richard Robinson High School in Tampa. Smith, a junior in 1963, was a member of the Robinson Knights high school football team and led his squad to Florida's first-ever state championship football game before losing 16-14 to the Coral Gables Cavaliers. He ended his high school career with forty-seven touchdowns and was voted all-count, all-state, and Parade magazine best schools All-American awards. The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) ranked Smith as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" of Florida high school football, forty-two years after he graduated from high school.
Life after football
In 1975, Smith returned to the University of Florida to earn a master's degree in business administration. He graduated from the Stetson University College of Law with a J.D. in 1982. With the Tampa law firm of Hill, Ward & Henderson, he now has a degree and is now a commercial real estate prosecutor.
Smith is married, and he and his wife have two daughters and a son.
College career
Smith graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a tailback for coach Ray Graves' Florida Gators football team from 1966 to 1968. Smith had a 94-yard touchdown run in the Gators' 27–12 victory over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the 1967 Orange Bowl, but he was unable to keep his pants up. His 187 yards of running in the Orange Bowl culminated in him being named the game's "Outstanding Player." He ended his college football career with 528 passes for 2,186 yards and twenty-four rushing touchdowns, as well as 607 yards receiving. In 1966, 1967, 1969, and 1968, he was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) pick, and in 1968, he was a first-team All-American. Smith was also the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, honoring the "senior football player who demonstrates outstanding leadership, character, and courage."
Smith earned a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1970 and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983 as a "Gator Great" in 1983. He was named No. 1 in a 2006 article series published for The Gainesville Sun and was named as No. 5. Joe is ranked as one of the top 100 Gator players from the first 100 years of football in Florida.
Professional career
Smith was selected in the first round (eighth pick overall) of the 1969 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams and played for the Rams from 1969 to 1973, as well as the Washington Redskins in 1974. The Rams' rookie season was his most productive: 599 yards passing and 300 yards receiving. He was traded to the Redskins in 1974 as part of coach George Allen's attempt to bring back the Redskins with veteran players after five seasons with the Rams. He had few plays for the Redskins, but he only passed for 149 yards in seven games, without a single touchdown. Smith had 257 passes for 11 touchdowns in his six NFL seasons; he also had 149 receptions for 1,176 yards receiving and five touchdowns.