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style="display:none">American football player</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Jerome_Smith_-_1952_Bowman_Large.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="386" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Smith on 1952 Bowman football card</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">No. 69, 61</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">Guard</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1930-09-09</span>)</span>September 9, 1930<br /><a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">August 6, 2011<span style="display:none">(2011-08-06)</span> (aged 80)<br /><a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">230 lb (104 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chaminade-Julienne_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaminade-Julienne High School">Dayton (OH) Chaminade</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_draft" title="1952 NFL draft">1952</a> / round: 8 / pick: 94</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As a player:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> (1952–1953, 1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> (1956)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As a coach:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Patriots" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Patriots">Boston Patriots</a> (1960–1961)<br />(Assistant)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a> (1962–1967)<br />(Assistant)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> (1969–1970)<br />(Assistant)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> (1971)<br />(OL / Interim head coach)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a> (1972) (DL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> (1977–1983) (DL)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>First-team <a href="/wiki/List_of_All-Big_Ten_Conference_football_teams" title="List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams">All-Big Ten</a> (<a href="/wiki/1951_All-Big_Ten_Conference_football_team" title="1951 All-Big Ten Conference football team">1951</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Regular season:</th><td class="infobox-data">2–3 (.400)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SmitJe0.htm">Record</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>at Pro Football Reference</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitJe25.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jerome Anthony Smith</b> (September 9, 1930 – August 6, 2011) was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> player and coach. Jerry was born in <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton, Ohio</a> and attended <a href="/wiki/Chaminade-Julienne_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaminade-Julienne High School">Chaminade High School</a>, graduating in 1948. At Chaminade he played tight end and later in 1982 was elected to the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Smith's <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> career, which he spent at <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers_football" title="Wisconsin Badgers football">Wisconsin</a>, the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_49ers" title="San Francisco 49ers">San Francisco 49ers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) selected Smith in the <a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_draft" title="1952 NFL draft">1952 NFL draft</a>. He played at <a href="/wiki/Guard_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Guard (American football)">left guard</a> for the team in 1952 and 1953. In 1956, he split time between the 49ers and <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>. Smith played in 29 games during his NFL career.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in 1960, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Patriots" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Patriots">Boston Patriots</a> as a coach of the team's defensive linemen and linebackers. Two years later, he took a similar role with the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills" title="Buffalo Bills">Buffalo Bills</a>; in his six years as a Bills coach, the team won two <a href="/wiki/American_Football_League" title="American Football League">American Football League</a> championships.<sup id="cite_ref-replacing_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-replacing-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1968, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> hired Smith as an assistant personnel director.<sup id="cite_ref-job_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-job-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1969 to 1970, Smith coached in the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> organization. The following year, he became the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a>' offensive line coach.<sup id="cite_ref-replacing_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-replacing-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 17, 1971, Broncos head coach <a href="/wiki/Lou_Saban" title="Lou Saban">Lou Saban</a>, who had also been Smith's boss in Boston and Buffalo, resigned and Smith was named his replacement for the season's last five games.<sup id="cite_ref-replacing_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-replacing-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Broncos posted a 2–3 record under Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the 1971 season, he became the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Oilers" title="Houston Oilers">Houston Oilers</a>' defensive line coach for 1972; after one season, he returned to the Browns and served multiple roles.<sup id="cite_ref-job_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-job-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He coached the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a>' defensive line from 1977 through 1983. He received credit for developing the front four of <a href="/wiki/Fred_Dean" title="Fred Dean">Fred Dean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Jones_(American_football)" title="Leroy Jones (American football)">Leroy Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louie_Kelcher" title="Louie Kelcher">Louie Kelcher</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gary_%22Big_Hands%22_Johnson" title="Gary "Big Hands" Johnson">Gary "Big Hands" Johnson</a>. Known as the <a href="/wiki/Bruise_Brothers_(San_Diego_Chargers)" title="Bruise Brothers (San Diego Chargers)">Bruise Brothers</a>, the group helped the Chargers lead the NFL in <a href="/wiki/1980_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="1980 San Diego Chargers season">1980</a> with 60 <a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sacks" class="mw-redirect" title="Quarterback sacks">sacks</a>. Dean, Kelcher, and Johnson all started in the <a href="/wiki/1981_Pro_Bowl" title="1981 Pro Bowl">1981 Pro Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith's health declined after suffering a <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a> in 2007. He died at age 80 on August 6, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Smith_(American_football,_born_1930)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140912122559/http://www.cjeagles.org/sites/default/files/Academics/HallofFameCompleteList81-06.pdf">"Chaminade Julienne High School Athletic Hall of Fame"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>cjeagles.org</i>. 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