Syd Smith (baseball): Difference between revisions

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'''Sydney A. Smith''' (August 31, 1883 – June 5, 1961) was an American [[professional baseball]] [[catcher]]. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) for the [[Philadelphia Athletics]] and the [[St. Louis Browns]] in 1908, the [[Cleveland Naps]] from 1910 to 1911, and the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] from 1914 to 1915. Smith was also the first head football coach at [[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina]], serving for one season, in 1905, and compiling a record of 2–3–1.<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southern/citadel/coaching_records.php Citadel Coaching Records<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094438/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/southern/citadel/coaching_records.php |date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref>

Smith later worked for the South Carolina Employment Security Commission. He retired to [[Camden, South Carolina]] and died on June 5, 1961, at a hospital in [[Orangeburg, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Smith Services Held At Camden |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rosxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EqoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1980,4944835 |newspaper=[[The Sumter Daily Item]] |location=[[Sumter, South Carolina]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=June 6, 1961 |page=9 |access-date=June 14, 2019 |via=[[Google News]] }}</ref>

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