Ernie Smith (Negro Leaguer)

Ernest Elsworth Smith, Sr.

• School Radford University, Virginia State College, Bluefield State College
• High School Bluestone High School
• Born April 11, 1931 in Crystal, WV USA
• Died May 22, 2012 in Wytheville, VA USA

Biographical Information

Ernie Smith played for the Baltimore Elite Giants in the dying days of the Negro American League. He served in the Marines and was later was a social worker and teacher. He coached basketball at the high school and junior high school levels for 30 years.

He was the first member named to the Wythe County (VA) Sports Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Bluefield State Hall of Fame.

Sources include Obituary