Earl Smith served as captain of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team when it played in the Southern Conference in 1921.
Earl Smith (catcher) (18971963), MLB catcher, 19191930 Earl Smith (1910s outfielder) (18911943), MLB outfielder, 19161922 Earl Smith (1950s outfielder) (19282014), NL outfielder who played in the 1955 season J. R. Smith (Earl Smith III, born 1985), NBA player currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers Earl Smith (coach) (19172012), coach of many sports at Campbell University and East Carolina University, 19461953 Earl H. Smith (19091987), Pennsylvania politician Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 1955), Jamaican guitarist Earl E. T. Smith (19031991), US Ambassador to Cuba, 19581959 Earl W. Smith, Republican candidate for mayor of Columbus, Ohio Earl Smith (sociologist), American sociologist 
