Harry A. Smith
American insurance executive, college football player and coach
About Harry A. Smith
Lived 1869 – 1928 (aged 59). Harry A. Smith was an American american football coach and insurance executive.
Harry Alexander Smith (May 24, 1869 – December 17, 1928) was an American insurance executive and college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Amherst College from 1902 to 1906.
Smith attended Amherst College, where he played football as a halfback, captaining the 1889 Amherst football team. He resigned as Amherst's head football coach in 1907 after a disagreement with the faculty committee regarding public exhibitions. After graduating from Amherst, Smith went into the insurance business with the National Fire Insurance Company. He was appointed assistant secretary of the firm in 1900, vice president in 1907, and president in 1915. Smith died of a heart ailment, December 17, 1978, at his home in West Hartford, Connecticut.
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American insurance executive, college football player and coach (1869–1928)
When was Harry A. Smith born?
Harry A. Smith was born on 24 May 1869 in Springfield.
When did Harry A. Smith die?
Harry A. Smith died on 17 December 1928 in West Hartford.
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Harry A. Smith was an american football coach and insurance executive.
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Harry A. Smith was American.
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