STATISTICS & HISTORY
George Smith was a basketball and baseball star at Stamford High School in Connecticut. By the standards of the era, Smith, at six-feet three inches and 220 pounds was huge. Smith was not very mobile, but he took advantage of his size and his ambidextrous shooting ability to score a lot of points close to the basket. Smith’s first pro success came when he was just 20 years old, playing for Uniontown in the tough Central Basketball League. Because he had a well-paying job with the Post Office in Stamford, Smith spent much of his career with independent teams based in his hometown. In the early 1920’s, Smith had three standout years in the Metropolitan Basketball League. Smith was a popular player with teammates and fans where ever he played. Smith remained active into his late thirties, playing independent basketball in Connecticut.
| GEORGE SMITH | Height: | 6:03 | Weight: | 220 | College: | None | |||||
| George Edwin Smith | Born: Jun 30, 1890 | Died: Jan 2, 1953 | Hometown: | Stamford, Conn. | |||||||
| Big Boy Smith | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1909-10 | Yonkers | HRL | 5 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 4.8 | ||||
| 1910-11 | Uniontown | CBL | 56 | 156 | 0 | 312 | 5.6 | ||||
| 1911-12 | Uniontown | CBL | 7 | 31 | 0 | 62 | 8.9 | ||||
| 1911-12 | Newburgh | HRL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1912-13 | Catskill | NYSL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 1912-13 | Rockville Centre Wizards | Indep | |||||||||
| 1913-14 | Stamford 7th Co. | Indep | |||||||||
| 1914-15 | Stamford | Indep | |||||||||
| 1915-16 | Norwalk 6th Co. | Indep | 17 | 55 | 11 | 121 | 7.1 | ||||
| 1915-16 | Bridgeport Blue Ribbons | Indep | 10 | 41 | 2 | 84 | 8.4 | ||||
| 1915-16 | Stamford | IBL | 32 | 76 | 54 | 206 | 6.4 | ||||
| 1916-17 | Stamford | IBL | 16 | 29 | 42 | 100 | 6.3 | ||||
| 1917-18 | Stamford | Indep | |||||||||
| 1918-19 | Stamford | Indep | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | Stamford | Indep | |||||||||
| 1920-21 | Port Chester Russell-Birdsall&Ward Bolt& Nut Co. | Indep | |||||||||
| 1920-21 | Stamford | IBL | 5 | 26 | 6 | 58 | 11.6 | ||||
| 1921-22 | Brooklyn Pros | MBL | 11 | 21 | 29 | 71 | 6.5 | ||||
| 1921-22 | Stamford BigFive | Indep | |||||||||
| 1921-22 | Bridgeport Blue Ribbons | Indep | |||||||||
| 1921-22 | Norwalk Clam Diggers | Indep | |||||||||
| 1922-23 | Greenpoint | MBL | 35 | 76 | 99 | 251 | 7.2 | ||||
| 1923-24 | Greenpoint | MBL | 35 | 62 | 90 | 214 | 6.1 | ||||
| 1924-25 | Trenton–Greenpoint | MBL | 12 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 2.9 | ||||
| 1924-25 | NorwalkRed Men | Indep | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Stamford Blues | Indep | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Norwalk Red Men | Indep | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Stamford All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Stamford Blues | Indep | |||||||||
| 1927-2Stamford Ramblers | Indep | ||||||||||
| Major League Totals | 216 | 501 | 335 | 1337 | 6.2 | ||||||