Robert C. Smith

Bob Smith ran track for Central High School, then went to the University of Notre Dame. While at Notre Dame, he won four monograms in track and was named Notre Dame All-American in 1948. He is a Monogram Club member. His senior year, he served as team captain, the first South Bend resident ever elected. Bob was head track and cross country coach at Riley High School in South Bend before serving as assistant track coach at Notre Dame for 16 years. In 1995 he was inducted into the Riley Athletic Hall of Fame as a coach. Bob served as assistant track coach at Notre Dame from 1958 to 1974.