Back جيري سميث (لاعب كرة قدم أمريكية) Arabic جيرى سميث (لاعب كورة القدم الامريكيه) ARZ Jerry Smith (Footballspieler) German Jerry Smith Spanish Jerry Smith (bola sepak Amerika) Malay Смит, Джеральд Томас Russian
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| Position: | Tight end | ||||||||||
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| Born: | July 19, 1943 Eugene, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Died: | October 15, 1986 (aged 43) Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 208 lb (94 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | San Lorenzo (Ashland, California) | ||||||||||
| College: | Arizona State | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1965 / round: 9 / pick: 118 | ||||||||||
| AFL draft: | 1965 / round: 18 / pick: 141 (by the Kansas City Chiefs)[1] | ||||||||||
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Gerald Thomas Smith (July 19, 1943 – October 15, 1986) was an American professional football player who was a tight end for the National Football League (NFL)'s Washington Redskins for 13 seasons, from 1965 through 1977.[2] By the time he retired, he held the NFL record for most career touchdowns by a tight end.[3] Smith publicly announced he had AIDS in August 1986, being the first professional athlete to do so. He died two months later. A 2014 documentary from the NFL Network's A Football Life series profiles his career, as well as his "double life as a closeted gay man and a star athlete."[3]
- ^ "1965 AFL Draft". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ "Jerry Smith loses struggle against AIDS". Free-Lance Star. (Fredericksburg, Virginia). Associated Press. October 16, 1986. p. 11.
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