Doug Smart

{{Short description|American basketball player (1936–2019)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Doug Smart

| image = Doug_Smart_UW.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Smart as a senior at Washington

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|12|4}}

| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|11|18|1936|12|4}}

| death_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

| high_school = Garfield (Seattle, Washington)

| college = Washington (1956–1959)

| draft_year = 1959

| draft_round = 7

| draft_pick = 48

| draft_team = Detroit Pistons

| career_position = Power forward

| career_number = 45

| highlights =

• Third-team All-American – UPI (1959)
• 3× All-PCC (1957–1959)

}}

John Douglas Smart (December 4, 1936 – November 18, 2019) was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Washington, where he was an All-American as a senior.

Smart was born and raised in Seattle. He played for Garfield High School, where he averaged 26.7 points per game and led the team to a state championship in 1955. Following the close of his high school career, Smart chose the hometown Washington Huskies for college. He was a three-year starter for coach Tippy Dye, averaging 18.9 points and 13.5 rebounds per game for his career.{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Raley|url= https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Where-Are-They-Now-Doug-Smart-1296753.php|title= Where Are They Now? Doug Smart|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=January 6, 2009|accessdate=December 15, 2019}} He was named to the All-Pacific Coast Conference (now Pac-12) team each of his three varsity seasons.{{cite news|title=Husky ace is named on PCC all-star five|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40625407/longview_daily_news/ |newspaper=Longview Daily News|date=March 12, 1959|page=26|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = December 15, 2019}} {{Open access}} He was an Associated Press (AP) honorable mention all three years and a third-team All-American by the United Press International (UPI) as a senior in 1959.{{cite news|title=Torrence, Smart named on All-American squad|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40625140/corvallis_gazettetimes/ |newspaper=Corvallis Gazette-Times|date=March 3, 1959|page=6|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = December 15, 2019}} {{Open access}}

Smart finished his career as the school's all-time leading rebounder with 1,051 rebounds (since eclipsed).{{cite web|first=Bob|last=Condata|url= https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/uws-jon-brockman-ready-to-make-school-history/ |title= UW's Jon Brockman ready to make school history|work=The Seattle Times|date=November 12, 2008|accessdate=December 15, 2019}}

Following his college career, he was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in the seventh round (48th pick overall) of the 1959 NBA draft. Smart decided against pursuing a professional career, instead becoming a dentist.{{cite magazine|first=Raley|last=Dan|url= https://www.si.com/college/washington/legends/husky-legend-doug-smart-went-head-to-head-with-wilt/ |title= UW's Doug Smart (1937-2019): He Went Head to Head with Wilt |magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=November 25, 2019|accessdate=December 15, 2019}}

Smart died on November 18, 2019, at the age of 82.{{cite web|first=|last=|url= https://www.islandssounder.com/obituaries/doug-smart-1936-2019/|title= Doug Smart 1936 – 2019|work=Island's Sounder|date=December 10, 2019|accessdate=December 15, 2019}}