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Robert Patrick Smith (31 August 1922 – 27 March 1992) was an Irish soccer player during the 1940s.

Smith played for Bohemians during the 1940s in the League of Ireland and was a member of the 1945 Bohemian Inter City Cup winning team against Belfast Celtic at Dalymount Park. Smith joined a select group when he represented Ireland at the 1948 Olympic Games and scored a flying header against the Netherlands in the preliminary round. In 1951, he moved to Canada to join Toronto East End Canadians of the National Soccer League.

Honours

• Inter City Cup
  • Bohemians – 1945
• Represented Ireland at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games

References

1. "Bobby Smith". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

External links

• Bobby Smith at Olympedia (archive)
• Bobby Smith at WorldFootball.net
• Smith at the 1948 Olympic Games

v t e Ireland football squad – 1948 Summer Olympics
GK Brennan GK Lawler DF Glennon (c) DF Richardson MF Barry MF Brown MF Collins MF Farrell MF Kavanagh MF Morris MF O'Grady FW Boland FW Cleary FW McDonald FW McGonagle FW McLoughlin FW O'Kelly FW Smith Coach: Carey

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