Ken Smith: FSU's Oldest Letterman
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Still swinging at 98, former FSU baseball player Ken Smith may be oldest living letterman
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Ken Smith is believed to be FSU 's oldest-living letterman in baseball, if not across all sports.
Smith played on the 1951 and 1952 FSU baseball teams.
Smith was a graduate assistant in 1954 , when incoming signing class featured Lee Corso and Ron Fraser .
Smith says he doesn't have a secret sauce to his longevity, other than living “an active, healthy life”.
Smith regrets not looking back often enough or saving keepsakes from his college career.
"I didn't go back to where I had been. It was part of my makeup. I was getting pretty wrapped up in what I was doing at that time," he said.
FSU baseball has not forgotten Smith .
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