Bubba Smith
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Position (s): Defensive End |
Jersey numbers: 78, 77 |
| born February 28, 1945 in Orange , Texas | |
| died on August 3, 2011 in Los Angeles , California | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1967 - 1976 | |
| NFL Draft : 1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st | |
| College : Michigan State | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games played | 111 |
| Games started | 25th |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Bubba Smith ; actually Charles Aaron Smith (* 28. February 1945 in Orange , Texas ; † 3. August 2011 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American American football poker players and actors .
Life
Football career
Bubba Smith graduated from Michigan State University in 1966 . He began his career as a professional athlete in American football in the 1960s and 1970s as the first overall in the 1967 NFL / AFL Draft of selected youth players with the Baltimore Colts , with whom he Super Bowl III lost and Super Bowl V won. The year 1972 he had to sit out completely in a preparatory game due to an injury to the edge of the field. From 1973 to 1974 he played for the Oakland Raiders and 1975 to 1976 for the Houston Oilers .
actor
As an actor, Smith played alongside Steve Guttenberg in the Police Academy films the role of Moses Hightower . In the 1986 film Black Moon , he starred alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Hamilton . He was also in the television series The Flying Eye (1984), as well as in three episodes of the television series A Terribly Kind Family as a football player and high school security guard. Smith was also the press secretary for the Baltimore law firm Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg .
death
On August 3, 2011, he was found dead by his housekeeper Marcia Livingston in his apartment in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. The funeral services took place on August 11, 2011 at the Crenshaw Christian Center in South Los Angeles . On November 3, 2011, it was announced that he had died of acute phentermine poisoning due to an overdose of diet pills.
Filmography (selection)
- 1973: men's economy
- 1978: Superdome
- 1980: Hard times for Guardian Angels (Fighting Back)
- 1981: Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
- 1982: Taxi (TV series, Tony's comeback )
- 1983: Stroker Ace (Stroker Ace)
- 1983: Hart to Hart (Hart to Hart)
- 1984: Mike Hammer (The New Mike Hammer)
- 1984: Police Academy - Dumber than the police allow (Police Academy)
- 1985: Police Academy 2 - Now it's just getting started (Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment)
- 1986: Black Moon (Black Moon Rising)
- 1986: Police Academy 3 - ... and nobody can stop you (Police Academy 3: Back in Training)
- 1987: Police Academy 4 - And now it's going on (Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol)
- 1988: Police Academy 5 - Assignment Miami Beach (Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach)
- 1989: Police Academy 6 - Resistance futile (Police Academy 6: City Under Siege)
- 1991: MacGyver (guest role)
- 1991: A Terribly Kind Family (guest role)
- 1993: All under one roof (Family Matters) , episode 5.5: The betting king as a collector
- 1994: The Silence of the Hams (The Silence of the Hams)
- 2004: full clip
Web links
- Bubba Smith in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bubba Smith's Sports Statistics
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ Bubba Smith, NFL star and 'Police Academy' actor, found dead at home , LA Now, August 3, 2011
- ↑ beaumontenterprise.com: Friends, family remember Bubba Smith at funeral , from August 11, 2011
- ^ A puzzling patient: Cardiac arrest caused by muscle cramps , Spiegel Online, November 3, 2012
- ^ Bubba Smith died of drug intoxication, coroner says , LA Now, November 2, 2011
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Smith, Bubba |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, Charles Aaron (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange , Texas , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 2011 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |