Billy Dee Smith

{{Short description|Canadian lacrosse player}}

{{Infobox lacrosse player

| position = Defense

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 195

| mll_team =

| former_mll_teams = Hamilton Nationals

| league = MSL

| team = Six Nations Chiefs

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|6|30|mf=y}}

| birth_place = St. Catharines, Ontario

| nationality = Canadian

| nll_draft = 3rd overall

| nll_draft_year = 2002

| nll_draft_team = Buffalo Bandits

| career_start = 2003

| career_end = 2019

| nickname =

|former_nll_teams=Buffalo Bandits, Rochester Knighthawks}}

Billy Dee Smith (born June 30, 1982 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a former professional lacrosse player played for the Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League and the Hamilton Nationals of Major League Lacrosse. He was also a member of the gold medal winning Canadian lacrosse team at the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. Smith is an assistant coach for the Halifax Thunderbirds.{{Cite web |date=2019-10-22 |title=Halifax Announces Billy Dee Smith Joining Coaching Staff |url=https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/halifax-announces-billy-dee-smith-joining-coaching-staff/55479 |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=Inside Lacrosse}}

Smith was named Defensive Player of the Year for the 2009 NLL season.{{cite web|url=http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3962 |title=Defense, Transition & Goaltender Awards |work=NLL.com |date=May 11, 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515020415/http://www.nll.com/article.php?id=3962 |archivedate=2009-05-15 }} Injuries have limited his career.

In 2019, Smith was announced as part of Paul Rabil’s new Premier Lacrosse League as a member of Chaos Lacrosse Club.{{cite web|url=https://lacrossebucket.com/2019/03/04/pll-releases-rosters-via-players-social-media/|title=PLL Releases Rosters via Players Social Media|access-date=June 23, 2019}}