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"Podge" Smith, 1931 Varsity Track Captain
By Jim Rutter
Co-Founder, The Bootleg
Date: Jan 10, 2009

Every football recruitment has a story, something that ultimately sways a prospect and draws him to Stanford University. With 2009 LB Shayne Skov, Stanford's highest-ranked verbal commitment to this point, the story is that of Rogers P. Smith, a gifted athletic ancestor who hurdled his way into Stanford sports history 80 years ago and established a legacy his great-grandson will now build upon.

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