He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

[2] During World War II, he served in the United States Navy from October 1943 to April 1946.

Smith was an enlisted soldier in the United States Army Reserve from April 1947 to March 1948 and began to pursue a college degree.

He traveled with many of the celebrities who performed for the USO during the Vietnam War period including Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Nabors, Raquel Welch, among many others.

In 1983, Smith died in Hillsborough County, Florida[3] due to a massive heart attack.