Jerry Smith
Tight end, American football player
1943 – 1986
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Who was Jerry Smith?
Gerald "Jerry" Sanford Smith was a professional American football tight end for the National Football League's Washington Redskins from 1965–1977. By the time he retired he held the NFL record for most career touchdowns by a tight end. A 2014 documentary from the NFL Network's A Football Life series profiles his career, as well as his "double life as a closeted gay man and a star athlete."
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- Born
- Jul 19, 1943
Eugene - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Arizona State University
- Lived in
- Eugene
- Died
- Oct 15, 1986
Silver Spring
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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