# Deb Smith

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{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name               = Deb Smith
| image              = Deb Smith 1942.jpeg
| image_size         = 150px
| caption            = Smith, circa 1942
| height_ft          = 6
| height_in          = 3
| weight_lb          = 180
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1920|1|7}}
| birth_place        = [Paul, Idaho](/source/Paul%2C_Idaho), U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2009|2|25|1920|1|7}}
| death_place        = [Salt Lake City, Utah](/source/Salt_Lake_City%2C_Utah), U.S.
| high_school        = [West](/source/West_High_School_(Utah)) (Salt Lake City, Utah)
| college            = [Utah](/source/Utah_Utes_men's_basketball) (1939–1942)
| career_start       = 1946
| career_end         = 1947
| number             = 10, 11
| position           = [Forward](/source/Forward_(basketball))
| years1             = [1946–1947](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_BAA_season)
| team1              = [St. Louis Bombers](/source/St._Louis_Bombers_(NBA))
| highlights         = 
}}
'''Delbert Bower "Deb" Smith''' (January 7, 1920 – February 25, 2009) was an American professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player.<ref name=bbr>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithde01.html Deb Smith NBA/ABA stats]. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on August 27, 2014.</ref> He played for the [St. Louis Bombers](/source/St._Louis_Bombers_(NBA)) in the [1946–47 Basketball Association of America season](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_BAA_season). It was the first year of the league's existence. The BAA existed for three years before merging with the [National Basketball League](/source/National_Basketball_League_(United_States)) to become the [National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association).

Smith played in 48 games and averaged 1.5 points per game.<ref name=bbr/>

==BAA career statistics==
{| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 90%; white-space: nowrap;"
|-
! colspan="6" style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid #aaa;"| Legend
|-
| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| &nbsp;&nbsp;GP
| Games played
|-
| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| &nbsp;FG%&nbsp;
| style="padding-right: 8px" | [Field-goal](/source/Field_goal_(basketball)) percentage
|-
| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| &nbsp;FT%&nbsp;
| [Free-throw](/source/Free_throw) percentage
|-
| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| &nbsp;APG&nbsp;
| [Assists](/source/Assist_(basketball)) per game
|-
| style="background:#f2f2f2; border:1px solid black;"| &nbsp;PPG&nbsp;
| Points per game
|-
|}

===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! FG%
! FT%
! APG
! PPG
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [1946–47](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_BAA_season)
| style="text-align:left;"| [St. Louis](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_St._Louis_Bombers_(NBA)_season)
| 48 || .269 || .429 || .1 || 1.5
|-
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 48 || .269 || .429 || .1 || 1.5
|-
|}

===Playoffs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! FG%
! FT%
! APG
! PPG
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [1947](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_BAA_season)
| style="text-align:left;"| [St. Louis](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_St._Louis_Bombers_(NBA)_season)
| 1 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .000
|-
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 1 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .000
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{basketball stats|bbr=s/smithde01}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Deb}}
Category:1920 births
Category:2009 deaths
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Idaho
Category:Basketball players from Salt Lake City
Category:Forwards (basketball)
Category:People from Minidoka County, Idaho
Category:St. Louis Bombers (NBA) players
Category:Utah Utes men's basketball players
Category:West High School (Utah) alumni

{{1920s-US-basketball-bio-stub}}

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