Crook Smith
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 21, 1899 Fayetteville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | March 3, 1990 (aged 90) Tennessee, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1921–1924 | Mercer |
| Basketball | |
| 1921–1924 | Mercer |
| Position(s) | End (football) Forward (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1929–1942 | South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers |
| Basketball | |
| 1930–1942 | South Georgia Teachers / Georgia Teachers |
| Baseball | |
| 1933–1935 | South Georgia Teachers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 45–66–7 (football) 116–60 (basketball) 32–20 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-Southern (1922, 1923) Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame Georgia Sports Hall of Fame | |
Byron Lambert "Consuello" "Crook" Smith (March 21, 1899 – March 3, 1990) was an American college football, baseball, and basketball player and coach inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1979. He played for Mercer, and, after a short career as a baseball player and umpire in professional baseball, he was the head coach for the Georgia Southern Eagles team of Georgia Southern University (then known as Georgia Teacher's College). He was later assistant pastor and director of young people's work at Immanuel Baptist Church in Savannah.
University of Georgia coach Herman Stegeman said Smith during his playing days was "without a doubt the best all-around athlete of the South."