Joseph Lee Kirby-Smith

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.