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

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.

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; and was captain in the latter year. He graduated with an M.D. in 1906. 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.

Jacksonville

Kirby-Smith moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 1911, practicing as a dermatologist and gaining distinction throughout Florida and the south. 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.

References

1. E. Melatiah. The Kirbys of New England. p. 185. ISBN 9785872387909 – via Google Books.
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". January 1, 1903 – via Google Books.
7. Baker, Lily; Gailor, Charlotte; Lovell, Rose Duncan; Torian, Sarah Hodgson (January 1, 1932). "Sewanee" – via Google Books.
8. "Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology". American Medical Association. January 1, 1940 – via Google Books.

• 1882 births
• 1939 deaths
• 19th-century players of American football
• American dermatologists
• American football tackles
• Sewanee Tigers football players
• All-Southern college football players
• People from Sewanee, Tennessee
• Players of American football from Tennessee