Claim: Earl Smith served as captain of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team when it played in the Southern Conference in 1921.
Evidence: Earl Smith (catcher) (1897–1963), MLB catcher, 1919–1930 Earl Smith (1910s outfielder) (1891–1943), MLB outfielder, 1916–1922 Earl Smith (1950s outfielder) (1928–2014), NL outfielder who played in the 1955 season J. R. Smith (Earl Smith III, born 1985), NBA player currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers Earl Smith (coach) (1917–2012), coach of many sports at Campbell University and East Carolina University, 1946–1953 Earl H. Smith (1909–1987), Pennsylvania politician Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 1955), Jamaican guitarist Earl E. T. Smith (1903–1991), US Ambassador to Cuba, 1958–1959 Earl W. Smith, Republican candidate for mayor of Columbus, Ohio Earl Smith (sociologist), American sociologist