Dave Smith (fullback)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1937)}}

{{for|the American football coach|Dave Smith (American football coach)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Dave Smith 1961.jpg

| name = Dave Smith

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|3|23|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date =

| position = Fullback

| college = Ripon

| number = 32

| draftyear = 1959

| draftround = 21

| draftpick = 241

| teams =

• Houston Oilers (1960–1964)

| highlights =

• 2× AFL champion (1960, 1961)
• TSN All-AFL (1960)

| pfr = S/SmitDa02

}}

Dave Smith (born March 23, 1937, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin){{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitDa02.htm|title=Dave Smith|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2015-10-22}} is a former American collegiate and professional football player. A fullback, he attended Greendale High School in Greendale, Wisconsin, before playing collegiately for Ripon College and professionally from 1960 through 1964 for the American Football League (AFL)'s Houston Oilers, where he was a member of the AFL's first two championship teams, in 1960 and 1961. He was selected by Sporting News as the first All-AFL fullback in 1960. The league did not play an All-Star game that first year, but Smith's 154 carries for 643 yards and 5 touchdowns earned him a berth on the All-League Team. Smith later became a scout for the Buffalo Bills.