BUBBA SMITH PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR CHARLTON POLLARD HIGH SCHOOL “BULLDOGS” IN  BEAUMONT TEXAS, THE CITY THAT WAS NAMED THE FOOTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD ON WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS IN 1974, BY HOWARD COSELL DURING A LIVE BROADCAST.   CHARLES AARON “BUBBA” SMITH WAS THE EPITOME OF WHAT A GREAT ATHLETE WAS DURING HIS GREAT CAREER IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND ALSO,  THE NFL.

 BUBBA SMITH WAS  BORN IN ORANGE TEXAS TO GREAT PARENTS, ONE, HIS FATHER WHO WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST FOOTBALL COACHES TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE COACHING FRATERNITY OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, AND A MOTHER WHO ATTAINED TWO  “(2)”  COLLEGE DEGREES THAT WAS SIMPLY UNKNOWN DURING HER YEARS OF GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH.

BUBBA SMITH, CHARLTON POLLARD’S MULTI-TALENTED ALL STAR WAS THE GREATEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT WITH THE CURRENT CLOUD OF SYSTEMATIC COLLEGE RACISM THAT EXISTED DURING HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, HE WAS SUBJECTED TO MOST SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH DECIDING THAT THEY COULD NOT OFFER A SCHOLARSHIP TO HIM,  DUE TO THAT PARTICULAR PRESENT CULTURE.

WELL, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ENTERS THE PICTURE, AND THE REST IS HISTORY.  THE NORTHERN UNIVERSITIES, AND ALSO, THE WEST COAST TEAMS  TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SOUTH’S POSITION,  NOT ALLOWING NON-WHITES TOO BE A PART OF THEIR ROSTER, AND UTILIZED  THOSE SAME  GUYS TO BRING DOMINANCE TO THEIR FOOTBALL PROGRAMS.


BUBBA SMITH WAS THE PLAYER OF PLAYERS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THE PLAYER OF PLAYERS IN COLLEGE, AND BECAME ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYER ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL IN THE NFL, PLAYING DEFENSIVE END FOR THE BALTIMORE COLTS, THE OAKLAND RAIDERS, AND THE HOUSTON OILERS  DURING HIS 10  YEAR CAREER, AND ATTRACTING DOUBLE TEAMS ON EVERY DOWN.

THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:

1.  1967 NFL #1 DRAFT PICK.

2.  SUPER BOWL CHAMPION – (V).

3.  PRO BOWL SELECTIONS (2) 1970, 1971.

4.  1ST TEAM ALL PRO – 1971.

5. COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.

6. ALL AMERICAN HONORS – 1965, 1966.

7.  MOVIE CAREER, ACTING AS  MOSES HIGHTOWER IN ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST WATCHED MOVIES TO EVER HIT THE BIG SCREEN, POLICE ACADEMY. HE STARRED IN ALL OF IT’S SERIES.

8. THE MOST POPULAR MILLER LITE BEER SPOKESMAN OF HIS ERA. HIS COMMERCIALS FOR THE BREWERY WERE OFTEN RATED #1 BY THE NFL FANS AND LATER BY ALL SPORTS FANS.

HIS PEERS REMEMBER HIM AS THE MOST  INTIMIDATING DEFENSIVE END IN FOOTBALL, AND HIS FRIENDS REMEMBER A GIANT OF A MAN (6’7″), THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST CARING AND GENTLE SOULS THAT THEY’VE EVER MET.

MYBOYSAY NFL SPORTS NATION WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT MR. CHARLES AARON “BUBBA” SMITH WILL BE MISSED, AND THAT WE AS A NATION WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT HAVING YOU AS A PART OF THE NFL WAS SIMPLY WONDERFUL AND EXCITING.