Sam Smith (basketball, born 1955)
Sam Smith is an American former professional basketball player.
A 6'4" guard born in Ferriday, Louisiana, Smith played at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 1970s, and helped the Runnin' Rebels reach their first ever NCAA Final Four in 1977 as a member of the fabled "Hardway Eight" coached by Jerry Tarkanian. He then played two seasons in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls. He averaged 6.8 points per game in his NBA career, and completed the first four-point play in NBA history on October 21, 1979.
He is now living in Las Vegas and working as an AAU basketball trainer and coach at the Bill and Lilly Heinrich YMCA with fellow UNLV legend and teammate, Robert Smith.
