Greg Smith

Greg Smith (born January 16, 1972) is an American track and field coach who is well known for playing a single rugby league game for the Newcastle Knights in Australia's National Rugby League in 1999.

Playing career American football Smith attended Fort Hays State University and Western State College of Colorado, where he played American football as a wide receiver. He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as a free agent in 1996, but was later cut from the squad and did not appear in the NFL.

Rugby league Smith represented the at the 1997 Rugby League World Sevens.

Smith was accused of misrepresenting his time with Philadelphia in order to earn a contract with Newcastle after the media learned he had not actually played in the NFL. Smith maintains that no such claim was ever made.

Smith was a running coach on the set of the 2014 film Unbroken.

Smith's coaching accreditation was suspended in June 2018 during an ASADA investigation. He successfully appealed the decision, arguing that he was not an athlete when he tested positive for Ligandrol.