Martin Smith (swimmer)
Encyclopedia
Trevor Martin Smith is a former British Olympic swimmer and coach as well as an American football
player.
and 1980 Olympic Games
. He was part of the bronze medal winning team in the men's 4×100 m medley relay
alongside Gary Abraham
, Duncan Goodhew
and David Lowe
.
Smith joined the swimming team at the University of Arkansas
, later becoming their head coach until the team was discontinued in 1996. That same year, he was inducted into the Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame.
, he was successful on 22 of 22 point after touchdown attempts and 3 of 7 field goal
s in the 1982 campaign, his only season. He was locked in a kicking competition throughout the season, never fully satisfying head coach Lou Holtz
. Smith played in the 1982 Bluebonnet Bowl
, where he kicked four extra points in Arkansas' 28 to 24 victory over the Florida Gators
.
He represented Brtish Police and England in the 1974 European Wrestling championships winning a bronze medal.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player.
Swimming
Smith represented Great Britain at the 19761976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
and 1980 Olympic Games
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
. He was part of the bronze medal winning team in the men's 4×100 m medley relay
Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay
The men's 4×100 metre medley relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in Moscow, Soviet Union on 24 July 1980 in the Olympiski Sports Complex. A total of 13 teams participated in the event...
alongside Gary Abraham
Gary Abraham
Gary Abraham is an Olympic and Commonwealth medalist. He won the bronze medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics for Great Britain as part of the 4×100 m medley relay. Abraham swam the backstroke leg for the team....
, Duncan Goodhew
Duncan Goodhew
Duncan Alexander Goodhew MBE is a British swimming athlete. After swimming competitively in America as a collegian at North Carolina State University, he was an Olympic swimmer for Great Britain and won Olympic gold and bronze medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-Biography:Goodhew...
and David Lowe
David Lowe (swimmer)
David Lowe is a retired butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the United Kingdom, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980. At his Olympic debut in Moscow he won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m medley relay, alongside Gary Abraham, Duncan...
.
Smith joined the swimming team at the University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
, later becoming their head coach until the team was discontinued in 1996. That same year, he was inducted into the Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame.
American football
After his collegiate swimming eligibility was exhausted, Smith walked on to the football team at Arkansas. A barefoot placekickerPlacekicker
Placekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points...
, he was successful on 22 of 22 point after touchdown attempts and 3 of 7 field goal
Field goal (football)
A field goal in American football and Canadian football is a goal that may be scored during general play . Field goals may be scored by a placekick or the now practically extinct drop kick.The drop kick fell out of favor in 1934 when the shape of the ball was changed...
s in the 1982 campaign, his only season. He was locked in a kicking competition throughout the season, never fully satisfying head coach Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz
Louis Leo "Lou" Holtz is a retired American football coach, and active sportscaster, author, and motivational speaker in the United States...
. Smith played in the 1982 Bluebonnet Bowl
Bluebonnet Bowl
The Bluebonnet Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played in Houston, Texas. A civic group was appointed by the Houston Chamber of Commerce Athletics Committee in 1959 to organize the bowl game. It was held at Rice Stadium from 1959 through 1967, and again in 1985 and 1986. The game was...
, where he kicked four extra points in Arkansas' 28 to 24 victory over the Florida Gators
Florida Gators
The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The "Lady Gators" is an alternative nickname sometimes used by the Gators women's teams...
.
Family
Smith is from a sporting family; his brother Neil Smith was an international water polo player representing England and Great Britain on the Under 21 years teams. He also represented Great Britain at the World Life Saving Championships in Berlin in 1978.He represented Brtish Police and England in the 1974 European Wrestling championships winning a bronze medal.