Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr., known in private and public life as Al Smith, (December 30, 1873 New York City - October 4, 1944 New York City) was elected Governor of New York four times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. He was the first Roman Catholic and Irish-American to run for President as a major party nominee. He lost the election to Herbert Hoover. He then became president of the Empire State, Inc. and was instrumental in getting the Empire State Building built during the Great Depression.
Al Smith (March 2, 1902 - November 24, 1986) was an American cartoonist whose work included a run on the comic strip Mutt and Jeff. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Smith was the art editor for the syndicate department of the New York World from 1920 to 1930. He then moved to work for a syndicate company where in 1932 Mutt and Jeff creator Bud Fisher allowed him to take over the ongoing creating of the cartoon. Al Smith also drew the strips Rural Delivery and Cicero's Cat.
Al Smith received the National Cartoonist Society Humor Comic Strip Award for 1968 for his work on the strip.
Smith retired to Vermont in 1980 where he died in 1986.
Alphonse Eugene (Al) Smith (February 7, 1928 - January 3, 2002) was a left fielder/third baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1953 through 1964, he played for the Cleveland Indians (1953-1957, 1964), Chicago White Sox (1958-1962), Baltimore Orioles (1963) and Boston Red Sox (1964).
Al Smith (November 10, 1945 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - August 7 2002) is a deceased Canadian ice hockey goaltender. He died in 2002 as a result of pancreatic cancer.
Al Smith (born November 26, 1964) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played college football for Utah State University.
Alfred John Smith (October 12, 1907 - April 28, 1977) born in Belleville, Illinois was a pitcher for the New York Giants (1934-37), Philadelphia Phillies (1938-39) and Cleveland Indians (1940-45).
He helped the Giants win the 1936 and 1937 National League Pennants.
He led the NL in Shutouts (4) in 1936.
His best season was in 1943 when he was named to the American League All-Star Team and finished 15th in voting for the AL MVP Award for having a 17-7 Win-Loss record, 29 games (27 started), 14 complete games, 3 shutouts, 2 games finished, 1 save, 208 ⅓ innings pitched, 186 hits allowed, 74 runs allowed, 59 earned runs allowed, 7 home runs allowed, 72 walks allowed, 72 strikeouts, 862 batters faced, a 2.55 ERA and a 1.238 WHIP.
In 12 seasons he had a 99-101 Win-Loss record, 356 games (202 started), 75 complete games, 16 shutouts, 96 games finished, 17 saves, 1,662 ⅓ innings pitched, 1,707 hits allowed, 827 runs allowed, 688 earned runs allowed, 94 home runs allowed, 587 walks allowed, 587 strikeouts, 32 hit batsmen, 27 wild pitches, 7,112 batters faced, 3 balks, a 3.72 ERA and a 1.380 WHIP.
He died in Brownsville, Texas at the age of 69.
Albert Smith (January 30, 1929 - June 24, 1985) was a American racing driver from Dayton, Ohio who competed in the USAC Championship Car series.
While he drove in numerous races on pavement, he only attempted the Indianapolis 500 once in 1967 and failed to make the field. He made 14 Champ Car starts from 1966 to 1969. His best finish was 5th place in his first Champ Car start in 1966 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Al Smith is a British playwright.
