Randy Smith Dies of a Hearth Attack while exercising in his home in Connecticut
Randy Smith is dead! Randy Smith, Buffalo State’s all-time athletic hero and one of the most popular players in Buffalo Braves history has died. Randy Smith died of a heart attack while riding a treadmill at his home in Norwich,Connecticut.
Randy Smith aka Randolph “Randy” Smith who once played for Buffalo Braves, 60, passed away while exercising in his home in Connecticut.
Randolph’s former Buffalo teammate Durie Burns said:
I was shocked.” “My wife and I had been with Randy and his wife at Randy’s mother’s 78th birthday celebration in North Carolina not long ago.”
“Best athlete the college [Buffalo State] ever had. It’s hard to believe that a guy who was such a special athlete could pass away like that,” said Dick Bihr, the former Buffalo State men’s basketball coach and teammate of Smith at the college. “He was a special guy, and, in my era, he was a special athlete. He could do just about everything.”
The former NBA “Iron Man” first came to Buffalo in 1967 to compete in a state high school track meet at Buffalo State. He won the high jump at a state-record 6 feet, 6 inches and was recruited by Buffalo State, where he became an All-American in Division I soccer and on the small college level in basketball and track and field. He led the Bengals to the NCAA College Division Final Four in Evansville, Ind., in 1970.
A native of Bellport, on Long Island, Randy Smith is survived by his second wife, Angela, two sons, Brandon and Dominique, and a daughter, Terran.
Funeral arrangements have not been announced. Randy Smith will be greatly missed.
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