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Fordham Athletics Mourns the Loss of Hall of Famer Gerard Smith

Smith was Fordham’s first 1,000-point scorer

Men's Basketball

Fordham Athletics Mourns the Loss of Hall of Famer Gerard Smith

Smith was Fordham’s first 1,000-point scorer

Gerard Smith Obituary
 
Gerard Smith with head coach Frank Adams
Head coach Frank Adams with Gerard Smith
BRONX, N.Y. – Fordham University Athletics mourns the loss of men's basketball Hall of Famer Gerard Smith, FCRH '50, who passed away on Monday. He was 96.
 
Smith was the first Ram, and fourth Metropolitan player, to record 1,000 career points, doing it in only three years (1946-1949). A 1948-1949 team captain, Smith closed out his career with 1,077 points, currently 27th on the Fordham all-time scoring list, and was inducted into the Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981.
 
Visitation: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM on Sunday, June 25, 2023 at Tuttle Funeral Home, Randolph, N.J. (www.tuttlefh.com).
 
Funeral Mass: 10:00 AM on Monday, June 26, 2023 at Resurrection Parish, Randolph, N.J.
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