Bio

Smith was one of the early pioneers of weight training for athletics. He was a three-year track & field letterman and a two-year football letterman while attending Claremont Men's College. He was the first great all-around thrower for the Claremont, reaching distances of 52-4.5 in the shot put, 146-8 in the discus and 206-10 in the javelin and holding the school records in all three events upon graduation. He was a national qualifier in the javelin (1955 and 1956) and shot (1956). He also competed in the shot in the 1956 Olympic Trials after serving as the team captain of the Pomona-Claremont Track & Field team. As a football player, Smith was a two-way player competing on the offensive and defensive lines. He was a member of the first undefeated Pomona-Claremont team in 1955.