Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith

Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith (April 16, 1882 – November 5, 1939)[1] was an American college football player and dermatologist. He was once instructor of dermatology at New York University.[2]

Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith
Born(1882-04-16)April 16, 1882
Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedNovember 5, 1939(1939-11-05) (aged 57)
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
OccupationDermatologist
College football career
Sewanee Tigers
PositionTackle
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Weight156 lb (71 kg)
Career history
CollegeSewanee (1899–1903)
Career highlights and awards

Early years

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]

Sewanee

Kirby-Smith was an All-Southern 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;[4] and was captain in the latter year.[5][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 I

Kirby-Smith served in the Public Health Service during the First World War.[3]

Jacksonville

Kirby-Smith moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1911, practicing as a dermatologist and gaining distinction throughout Florida and the south.[2][7][8] 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, following a brief illness.[2]

References
  1. E. Melatiah. The Kirbys of New England. p. 185. ISBN 9785872387909.
  2. "Dr J. Lee Kirby-Smith Dies After Brief Illness". Sewanee Alumni News. 6 (2). November 1939.
  3. Wendell Givens (2003). Ninety-Nine Iron: The Season Sewanee Won Five Games in Six Days. University of Alabama Press. p. 31. ISBN 9780817350628.
  4. selected by W. R. Tichenor, posted in Fuzzy Woodruff's A History of Southern Football
  5. "Lettermen". University of the South. 1949.
  6. "The Olympian Magazine". 1 January 1903 – via Google Books.
  7. Baker, Lily; Gailor, Charlotte; Lovell, Rose Duncan; Torian, Sarah Hodgson (1 January 1932). "Sewanee" – via Google Books.
  8. "Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology". American Medical Association. 1 January 1940 – via Google Books.
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