Homer Smith (American football)

Homer Austin Smith was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Davidson College (1965–1969), the University of the Pacific (1970–1971), and the United States Military Academy (1974–1978), compiling a career college football record 53–71–1 and a bowl record of 0–1. Smith was also the offensive coordinator at the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Alabama, and the University of Arizona (1996), and for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). In 1997, Smith was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.

9 October 1931

Born on the same birth date (9 October 1931): Tony Booth (actor)

Born on the same birth day (9 October): Alfred Dreyfus • Arnie Risen • Bond (string quartet) • Camille Saint-Saëns • Carl Gustav Thulin • David Cameron • Fabio Lione • Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 1967) • James Fearnley • Jody Williams • Joe Pepitone • John Gray (English sportsman) • Jorge Burruchaga • Joseph Bonomi the Younger • Mick Young • Olga Guillot • Stephen Gionta • Steve Burns

Born in the same month (October 1931): A. P. J. Abdul Kalam • Alan Wagner • Anwar Shamim • Atsushi Miyagi • Basil D'Oliveira • Charles Colson • Dan Rather • David M. Wilson • Desmond Tutu • Diana Dors • Eddie Mathews • Ernst Hinterberger • Jim Parks (cricketer, born 1931) • Johnny Kitagawa • José Alencar • Ken Morrison • Ken Utsui • Ole-Johan Dahl • Raymond Kopa • Riccardo Giacconi • Richard Caliguiri • Terence Conran • Tony Booth (actor) • William P. Clark Jr.