playing_years birth_place color article_title fontcolor position playing_teams honors birth_date college name
1947 1949 lakeview , ontario may 2013 #c 7cad0 rod smith -lrb- canadian football -rrb-
 # 000080 guard toronto balmy beach beachers montreal alouettes 1949 - grey cup champion 1925 university of toronto rod smith
rod smith -lrb- canadian football -rrb-

rod smith was a grey cup champion canadian football league player .
he played offensive guard .
a graduate of university of toronto , smith played at least one year with the toronto balmy beach beachers , and then took 1948 off from football -lrb- to work in south africa -rrb- .
he joined the montreal alouettes in 1949 and was part of the larks first grey cup championship .
he worked as a civil engineer while playing with the als .
after retiring from the clf , he worked as a civil engineer in colombia .
