Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith
| Sewanee Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Tackle |
| Class | Graduate |
| Career history | |
| College | Sewanee (1899–1903) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | April 16, 1882 |
| Place of birth | Sewanee, Tennessee |
| Date of death | November 5, 1939 (aged 57) |
| Place of death | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Weight | 156 lb (71 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith (April 16, 1882 – November 5, 1939)[1] was a college football player and dermatologist. He was once instructor of dermatology at New York University.[2]
Early years
Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith was born on April 16, 1882 in Sewanee, Tennessee, the son of American Civil War general Edmund Kirby-Smith and his wife Cassie Selden.[3] He was presumably named for Edmund's nephew Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith, who died fighting for the Union at the Battle of Corinth.[4]
Sewanee
He was an All-Southern college football tackle for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, a member of its undefeated 1899 "Iron Men." He was selected All-Southern in 1902 and 1903;[5] and was captain in the latter year.[6] He graduated with an M. D. in 1906.[2][3] At Sewanee he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
World War 1
He served in the Public Health Service during the First World War.[3]
Jacksonville
He moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 1911 practicing as a dermatologist and gaining distinction throughout Florida and the south.[2] In 1926, he was invited to lecture to the London Medical Association on the subject of tropical medicine.
Death
Kirby-Smith died in his Jacksonville home on November 5, 1939 of a brief illness.[2]
References
- ↑ E. Melatiah. The Kirbys of New England. p. 185.
- 1 2 3 4 "Dr J. Lee Kirby-Smith Dies After Brief Illness". Sewanee Alumni News. 6 (2). November 1939.
- 1 2 3 Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. p. 31.
- ↑ The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. 25. 1911. p. 260.
- ↑ selected by W. R. Tichenor, posted in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football
- ↑ "Lettermen".