Smith, born in Russellville, Mo., anchored the offensive line on the University of Southern California’s Rose Bowl football teams in the 1938 and 1939 seasons and earned All-America honors each year. In the 1939 season, the Trojans finished 8-0-2 as national champions, including a 14-0 Rose Bowl victory over the University of Tennessee. He was… Read more »
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Year: 1974
Emmett “Abe” Stuber
During his tenure as Southeast Missouri State University’s football coach from 1932-1946, Abe Stuber’s teams won 17 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles in football, track, and basketball. He captured more championships than anyone in the school’s history. In the fall of 1986, the Board of Regents named the university’s track complex in his honor. In… Read more »