STATISTICS & HISTORY
Devon Smith was a star athlete at Delphi, High School in Indiana before going to Western Michigan University where he was an outstanding playmaking guard on basketball teams that were 39-12. Smith also was a member of three state intercollegiate championship tennis teams. After graduation, Smith became a high school teacher and coach. On weekends, Smith played AAU and independent basketball with some of the top Midwest teams, including the powerful South Bend Bendix Brakes. In the spring of 1942, Smith was hired by Fleetwing Aircraft in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Smith played basketball for the company team, one of the best industrial basketball teams in the East. Smith also played major league basketball for two seasons with Trenton in the American Basketball League.
| DEVON SMITH | Height: | 6:01 | Weight: | 175 | College: | Western Michigan’37 | |||||
| Irwin Devon Smith | Born: Jul 7, 1914 | Died: Feb 3, 1979 | Hometown: | Delphi, In. | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1933-34 | Western Michigan (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Western Michigan | College | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | Western Michigan | College | |||||||||
| 1936-37 | Western Michigan | College | |||||||||
| 1937-38 | Three Oaks All Stars | AAU | |||||||||
| 1938-39 | South Bend Bendex Brakes | AAU | |||||||||
| 1939-40 | St.Joseph’s All-Stars | AAU | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | Dowagiac Sinclair Oils | INdep | |||||||||
| 1942-43 | Bristol Fleetwings | Indep | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Bristol Fleetwings | Indep | |||||||||
| 1943-44 | Trenton | ABL | 16 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 1.1 | ||||
| 1944-45 | Trenton | ABL | 20 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 1.2 | ||||
| 1946-47 | Allentown | EBL | 12 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 3.0 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 36 | 17 | 8 | 42 | 1.2 | ||||||