Inwood Smith

American football player (1915–1995)

Inwood Smith
Ohio State Buckeyes
Position	Guard
Personal information
Born:	(1915-11-26)November 26, 1915
Died:	January 15, 1995(1995-01-15) (aged 79)
Career history
College	Ohio State (1935)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-American (1935) First-team All-Big Ten (1936)

William Inwood Smith (November 26, 1915 – January 15, 1995) was an All-American football player for the Ohio State University Buckeyes in the mid-1930s. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1937 NFL Draft.^[1] A native of New Jersey, he moved with his family to Mansfield, Ohio as a boy. In addition to football, Smith was a competitive swimmer, basketball player, and track and field athlete.^[2] At the end of the 1935 college football season, Smith was selected as a first-team All-American by Grantland Rice for Collier's Weekly and by a board of coaches for Pathé News.^[3]^[4] After graduating from Ohio State, Smith was employed by the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Cleveland.^[5] During World War II, Smith became district supervisor of the Office of Price Administration in Columbus, Ohio.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "1937 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
^ "INWOOD'S 'DEADWOOD' TO MATES ON OHIO ELEVEN, BUT DYNAMITE TO FOES". Mansfield News Journal. November 6, 1935.
^ "INWOOD SMITH ON PATHE ALL-AMERICA". Mansfield News Journal. December 9, 1935.
^ "Inwood Smith Selected For Collier's 'American: Ohio State Guard One of Three Middlewestern Players Honored; Year Termed 'Greatest'". Circleville Herald. December 12, 1935.
^ "FORMER GRID STAR NAMED TO OHIO OPA JOB". Lima News. June 18, 1942.
^ "Smith Appointed State Organizer For Price Office". Mansfield News Journal. June 18, 1942.
^ "Rotarians Elect New Directors". The Times Recorder. March 15, 1944.