Crook Smith
Byron Lambert "Crook" Smith (March 21, 1899 – March 3, 1990) was an American college football and basketball player and coach inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1979. Mercer University. Smith earned 13 letters in football, baseball, basketball, and track for the Mercer Bears. He was inducted into the Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame in its inaugural year of 1971. "Crook" was the brother of Phoney Smith. Football. Smith was a prominent end on the football team. 1922. He was selected All-Southern. 1923. He was selected All-Southern by Julian Leggett of the "Macon News . Coaching career. Georgia Southern. Smith coached the Georgia Southern Eagles team of Georgia Southern University (then known as Georgia Teacher's College) from 1929 to 1942. His basketball teams compiled a 116–60 record. His 1939 football team won the Bacardi Bowl.