About Adrian Smith (basketball)
Adrian Howard "Odie" Smith (October 5, 1936 – April 28, 2026) was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Northeast Mississippi Community College and Kentucky, winning the NCAA championship with the later in 1958. Following his college career, he was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals with the 85th pick in the 1958 NBA draft. He joined the Royals in 1961 after serving in the U.S. Army and went on to play 10 seasons in the NBA and one in the ABA. In his lone NBA All-Star appearance in 1966, he was named the All-Star Game MVP. Smith was a member of the United States national team that won gold at the 1959 Pan American games in Chicago and the 1960 Olympic games in Rome. Army, where he played on the Army's All-Star team and in 1960 was selected to play on the eventual undefeated U.S. men's basketball team that won the gold medal in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy. He resides in Cincinnati with his wife, Paula, and he still owns the Ford Galaxie he won from the 1966 NBA All-Star Game.
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