Edmond North football player dies one day after suffering broken leg

 
BY JASON KERSEY, Staff Writer, jkersey@opubco.com
Published: October 13, 2011

EDMOND — Ryan Smith was always smiling and loved his sports.

Michael Lively stood on Smith’s grandparents’ front porch and fought back emotions as he remembered his nephew, a 16-year-old sophomore football player at Edmond North High School who died late Wednesday night.

“He was just a happy, good-hearted kid,” Lively said.

Smith broke his leg at football practice on Tuesday and was taken by ambulance...


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