Zeke Smith

{{Short description|American football player (1936–2016)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| number = 61

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|9|29}}

| birth_place = Walker Springs, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|7|22|1936|9|29}}

| death_place = Trussville, Alabama, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 235

| high_school = Uniontown (AL)

| college = Auburn (1957–1958)

| draftyear = 1959

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 48

| afldraftyear = 1960

| afldraftround = 1
Pick: First Selections
(by the New York Titans)

| pastteams =

• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1960}})
• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1961}})

| highlights =

• National champion (1957)
• Outland Trophy (1958)
• Consensus All-American (1958)
• First-team All-American (1959)
• 2× First-team All-SEC (1958, 1959)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 24

| pfr = SmitZe20

}}

Roger Duane "Zeke" Smith (September 29, 1936 – July 22, 2016) was an American professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants. He played college football at Auburn where he was awarded the Outland Trophy in 1958. His banner, along with four other Auburn greats - Bo Jackson, Pat Sullivan, Tracy Rocker and Carlos Rogers, is hanging outside Jordan–Hare Stadium in his honor. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1959 NFL draft.{{cite web|url=http://www.helmethut.com/College/Auburn/ALXXAU5859.html|title=Auburn|publisher=Helmet Hut|access-date=July 22, 2016}}

Smith died on July 22, 2016. He was 79 years old at the time of his death.{{cite web|url=http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/auburn-football/zeke-smith-former-auburn-ol-lb-passes-away/|title=Zeke Smith, former Auburn OL and LB, passes away|publisher=Saturday Down South|author=Kevin Cunningham|date=July 22, 2016}}