Rod Smith (Canadian football)

For other people named Rod Smith, see Rod Smith (disambiguation).

Rod Smith (1925–2016) was a Grey Cup champion Canadian Football League player. He played offensive guard.

Rod Smith

Born:	February 8, 1925 Guelph, Ontario [1]
Died:	December 11, 2016 Waterloo, Ontario
Career information
Position(s)	G
College	University of Toronto
Career history
As player
1947	Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers
1949	Montreal Alouettes
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1949)

A graduate of University of Toronto, Smith played at least one year with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers, and then took 1948 off from football (to work in South Africa). He joined the Montreal Alouettes in 1949 and was part of the Larks first Grey Cup championship.^[2] He worked as a civil engineer while playing with the Als.

After retiring from the CFL, he worked as a civil engineer in Colombia.