Gerard Smith Obituary
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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.
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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 27
th on the Fordham all-time scoring list, and was inducted into the Fordham Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981.
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Visitation: 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM on Sunday, June 25, 2023 at Tuttle Funeral Home, Randolph, N.J. (
www.tuttlefh.com).
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Funeral Mass: 10:00 AM on Monday, June 26, 2023 at Resurrection Parish, Randolph, N.J.