Danny Smick

{{Short description|American basketball and baseball player (1915–1975)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Danny Smick | image = | image_size = | caption = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 215 | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|12|24}} | birth_place = Olyphant, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1975|4|6|1915|12|24}} | death_place = Caseville, Michigan, U.S. | high_school = Hazel Park (Hazel Park, Michigan) | college = Michigan (1936–1939) | career_start = 1934 | career_end = 1948 | career_position = Power forward / center | career_number = | years1 = 1934–1935 | team1 = Jaglowicz Giants | years2 = 1941–1942 | team2 = Auto Club Detroit | years3 = 1942–1943 | team3 = Jaglowicz Giants | years4 = 1942–1947 | team4 = Midland Dow Chemical | years5 = 1947–1948 | team5 = Flint Dow A.C.'s | highlights = }} '''Daniel Smick''' (December 24, 1915 – April 6, 1975) was an American professional basketball and minor league baseball player.<ref name=bbr>{{cite web| title = Daniel Smick NBL stats| work =basketball-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| date = | url =https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/s/smickda01n.html | accessdate = May 29, 2019}}</ref><ref name=peach>{{cite web| title = Danny Smick | work =Peach Basket Society| publisher =| date = June 2, 2016 | url =http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/06/danny-smick.html | accessdate = May 29, 2019}}</ref><ref name=baseball>{{cite web| title = Daniel Smick minor league stats| work =baseball-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| date = | url =https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=smick-001dan | accessdate = May 29, 2019}}</ref> In basketball, Smick played primarily for amateur and semi-professional teams, but did spend one season in National Basketball League (1947–48) playing for the Flint Dow A.C.'s.<ref name=bbr/><ref>{{cite web| title = Daniel Smick Statistics| work =Stats Crew| publisher =| date = | url =https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=smickda01 | accessdate = May 29, 2019}}</ref> In baseball, he competed for the Bloomington Bloomers, Tarboro Serpents/Goobers, Wausau Timberjacks, and Lansing Senators between 1939 and 1941.<ref name=baseball/>

Smick played football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Michigan.<ref name=peach/>

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