John "Clipper" Smith

John Philip "Little Clipper" Smith (December 12, 1904 – May 11, 1973) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator.He played college football as a guard at the University of Notre Dame under Knute Rockne.He died on May 11, 1973, in West Hartford, Connecticut just before a National Football Foundation awards dinner that was to have honored him.This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1930s is a stub.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This biographical article relating to an American football offensive lineman born in the 1900s is a stub.
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