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English footballer

George Smith
Personal information
Full name George Smith
Date of birth (1908-11-20)20 November 1908
Place of birth Sunderland England
Date of death 1986
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Left half, centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1930 Easington Colliery Welfare
1930–1932 Watford 1 (0)
1932–1933 Clapton Orient 2 (0)
1933–1934 Darlington 13 (1)
1934–1936 Yeovil & Petters United
1936–19?? Bath City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Smith (20 November 1908 – 1986) was an English footballer who played as a left half or centre half in the Football League for Watford, Clapton Orient and Darlington. He also played non-league football for Easington Colliery Welfare, Yeovil & Petters United and Bath City.

Football career

Smith was born in Sunderland, which was then in County Durham. He began his football career with the Easington school team, and had been playing football as a centre half for Easington Colliery Welfare for "two or three seasons" when he joined Third Division South club Clapton Orient on trial in December 1929. The trial came to nothing, but a year later – by which time he was reportedly "one of the best half-backs in the Wearside League" – he signed for Watford.

He made his Football League debut in the last match of the season, a 1–0 win at Norwich City in the Third Division South, which proved to be his only senior appearance for the club. In August 1932, he signed for Clapton Orient on a free transfer, but played only twice in the league, and in the summer of 1933 returned to the north-east of England to join Darlington. He appeared more frequently for Darlington, playing 13 times in the Third Division North and scoring once.

In June 1934, he joined Southern League club Yeovil & Petters United. He scored 11 goals over the season, helping the club win the Western Section of the Southern League and reach the third round proper of the 1934–35 FA Cup, in which they lost to First Division Liverpool. He played twice for Bath City in the 1936–37 season.

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. George Smith at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. ^ Argus (12 July 1933). "Sports review. Quaker signing". Sunderland Echo. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Reflector (4 August 1932). "Sporting news of the day reviewed. Orient bound". Sunderland Echo. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "A trial with Orient". Daily Mail. Hull. 2 December 1929. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Players: Smith to Strouts" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017. Trefor Jones. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  7. Reflector (27 June 1934). "Under the searchlight. Joined Yeovil". Sunderland Echo. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Season 1934–35 Goals". Ciderspace. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  9. "Yeovil Town Story part 8: Season 1934–1935: First Division Liverpool come to Huish in the F.A. Cup". Ciderspace. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  10. "Past players: S". Bath City F.C. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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