Smith was a basketball and baseball star at Bennett in the early 1 950’s. He was a four year starter on the varsity baseball team, and led Bennett to the Cornell Cup title in 1 955. A left handed pitcher, he threw two career nohitters, one in his junior year and one as a senior, exhibiting a wide array of pitches.
In basketball, Smith was a three year varsity player and a starter in his senior year. During his sophomore year Bennett won the Yale Cup, symbolic of basketball supremacy in the Buffalo Public Schools.
After high school, Smith signed a professional baseball contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. After his pro career, Tom played MUNY baseball locally for many years and was part of an AA championship team.