title: Earl Smith
text: # Earl Smith
  
  Earl Smith is the name of:
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Earl Smith (catcher) (1897–1963), MLB catcher, 1919–1930
  * Earl Smith (1910s outfielder) (1891–1943), MLB outfielder, 1916–1922
  * Earl Smith (1950s outfielder) (1928–2014), NL outfielder who played in the 1955 season
  * J. R. Smith (Earl Smith III, born 1985), former NBA player
  * Earl Smith (coach) (1917–2012), coach of many sports at Campbell University and East Carolina University, 1946–1953
  
  ## Others
  
  * Earl H. Smith (1909–1987), Pennsylvania politician
  * Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 1955), Jamaican guitarist
  * Earl E. T. Smith (1903–1991), US Ambassador to Cuba, 1958–1959
  * Earl W. Smith, Republican candidate for mayor of Columbus, Ohio
  * Earl Smith (sociologist), American sociologist
  