William Inwood Smith (November 26, 1915 – January 15, 1995) was an All-American football player for the Ohio State University Buckeyes in the mid-1930s.
[2] At the end of the 1935 college football season, Smith was selected as a first-team All-American by Grantland Rice for Collier's Weekly and by a board of coaches for Pathé News.
He stated that "in the end I decided to continue with building up a career in business...Of course, pro football in those days was not truly 'accepted' and the compensation (on a per game basis) was by today’s standards ridiculously low.
"[5] After graduating from Ohio State, Smith was employed by the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Cleveland.
[6] During World War II, Smith became district supervisor of the Office of Price Administration in Columbus, Ohio.