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finis dean smith -lrb- born january 15 , 1932 -rrb- is an american former track and field athlete and stuntman , winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1952 summer olympics .
born in breckenridge , texas , smith won the amateur athletic union championships in 100 m in 1952 .
at the helsinki olympics , he was fourth in the 100 m and ran the leadoff leg for american gold medal winning 4 × 100 m relay team .
as a sprinter on the longhorn track team , smith ran a 100 yard dash in 9.4 seconds ; one tenth of a second off the world record at the time .
after graduating from university of texas at austin where he ran track and was a member of the silver spurs , smith played professional football for the los angeles rams and the pittsburgh steelers , but never played in a regular season game .
after his sports career , smith performed as a professional rodeo cowboy and stuntman in various western movies as `` the alamo '' , `` the comancheros '' , `` how the west was won '' , `` mclintock ! ''
, `` rio conchos '' , `` big jake '' , and `` el dorado '' .
he also appeared in such western tv shows as `` tales of wells fargo '' , `` maverick '' , `` gunsmoke '' , `` lawman '' , `` have gun will travel '' , `` the iron horse '' and `` walker , texas ranger '' .
in 2006 he was inducted into the texas rodeo cowboy hall of fame dean smith is a member of the stuntman 's hall of fame .
in 1997 he was named `` all american cowboy '' and in 1998 he received a golden boot award .
in 2007 he received the silver spur award for his contribution as a stuntman -lrb- one of the best -rrb- in the film business .
