Bobby Smith (running back)

Bobby Smith
No. 20
Smith follows Billy Shaw's blocking against the Jets in a 1964 AFL game.
Position:	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	(1942-05-18) May 18, 1942 (age 81) Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Career information
College:	North Texas
NFL draft:	1964 / Round: 7 / Pick: 94
AFL draft:	1964 / Round: 11 / Pick: 81
Career history
Buffalo Bills (1964–1965) Pittsburgh Steelers (1966)

Career highlights and awards
2× AFL champion (1964, 1965)


Player stats at PFR

Robert Lee Smith (born May 18, 1942) is an American former professional football player who was a halfback in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL).^[1]

After playing college football for the North Texas Mean Green, he was selected in 1964 by both the AFL's Buffalo Bills^[2] and the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers. He chose to play for the Bills, and in his rookie season he averaged 4.9 yards per attempt. He won two consecutive AFL championships in 1964 and 1965 with the Bills, before leaving the AFL for the NFL. He joined the Steelers for the 1966 NFL season and played a single season in Pittsburgh.^[1]

References

v t e Buffalo Bills 1964 AFL draft selections
Carl Eller Dick Evey George Rose Butch Byrd Paul Warfield Mike Reilly Roger Pillath Paul Martha Howard Simpson Earl Lattimer Bobby Smith Cloyd Webb Willie Ross Pete Gogolak Joe O'Donnell Remi Prudhomme Bill Simpson John Hilton Larry Kramer Hagood Clarke Don Montgomery Bob Dugan John Deibert John Briscoe John Evans Dick Schott Tom Urbanik Allen Jacobs

v t e Buffalo Bills 1964 AFL champions
3 Pete Gogolak 12 Daryle Lamonica 15 Jack Kemp 20 Bobby Smith 22 Charley Warner 23 Gene Sykes 24 Booker Edgerson 25 Ollie Dobbins 26 George Saimes 30 Wray Carlton 34 Cookie Gilchrist 40 Ed Rutkowski 42 Butch Byrd 43 Joe Auer 44 Elbert Dubenion 45 Hagood Clarke 46 Ray Abruzzese 47 Willie Ross 50 Al Bemiller 51 John Tracey 53 Walt Cudzik 55 Paul Maguire 58 Mike Stratton 60 Dave Behrman 64 Harry Jacobs 66 Billy Shaw 67 Joe O'Donnell 70 Tom Sestak 72 Ron McDole 73 George Flint 74 Tom Keating 75 Dudley Meredith 77 Stew Barber 78 Jim Dunaway 79 Dick Hudson 81 Bill Groman 83 Hatch Rosdahl 84 Ernie Warlick 85 Glenn Bass 88 Tom Day
Head Coach: Lou Saban
Assistant Coaches: Joe Collier John Mazur Jerry Smith

v t e Buffalo Bills 1965 AFL champions
3 Pete Gogolak 12 Daryle Lamonica 15 Jack Kemp 20 Bobby Smith 22 Charley Warner 23 Gene Sykes 24 Booker Edgerson 26 George Saimes 27 Tom Janik 30 Wray Carlton 32 Donnie Stone 33 Billy Joe 40 Ed Rutkowski 42 Butch Byrd 43 Joe Auer 44 Elbert Dubenion 45 Hagood Clarke 46 Bo Roberson 48 Pete Mills 49 Floyd Hudlow 50 Al Bemiller 51 John Tracey 52 Bill Laskey 55 Paul Maguire 56 Marty Schottenheimer 58 Mike Stratton 60 Dave Behrman 64 Harry Jacobs 66 Billy Shaw 67 Joe O'Donnell 70 Tom Sestak 72 Ron McDole 73 George Flint 74 Tom Keating 75 Dudley Meredith 76 Henry Schmidt 77 Stew Barber 78 Jim Dunaway 79 Dick Hudson 80 Charley Ferguson 81 Bill Groman 82 Paul Costa 84 Ernie Warlick 85 Glenn Bass 88 Tom Day
Head Coach: Lou Saban
Assistant Coaches: Joe Collier John Mazur Jerry Smith

v t e Pittsburgh Steelers 1964 NFL draft selections
Paul Martha Jim Kelly Ralph Baker Ben McGee T. W. Alley Tom Gibson Bobby Smith Bobby Currington Bobby Nichols Bob Soleau Bob Sherman Glen Baker Tom Jenkins Barry Brown Ed Kesler Dennis Shaw Ollie Dobbins Don Marshall Bryan Generalovich

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