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UIndy Athletics Hall of Fame

Oscar Smith

  • Class
    1930
  • Induction
    1987
  • Sport(s)
    , Baseball, Men's Track & Field, Men's Basketball
  • Varsity Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Track Athlete at Indiana Central College
  • Collegiate All-State football player for three years
  • Scored 42 points in a football game vs. Valparaiso
  • State football scoring champion in 1928
  • Nationally Known Track Star in late 1920’s
  • Won events and established track records in broad jump, high jump, pole vault, 100 and 220 yard dashes
  • Set State Broad Jump record at 22’7” (later jumped 23’1/2”)
  • Took 4th Place in the all-around competition at the University of Illinois Relays 1928; the meet featured many of the best track athletes in the nation
  • A 1949 Reflector quote (reflecting on former ICC stars) said of Smith, “He is considered one of the greatest track men in American history.”
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