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Frank Smith

Birth name	Francis Bede Smith
Date of birth	28 February 1886
Place of birth	Wellington, New South Wales
Date of death	29 October 1954(1954-10-29) (aged 68)
Place of death	Wellington, New South Wales
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1905–07 Australia 4 (0)
Medal record Men's rugby union Representing Australasia Olympic Games 1908 London Team competition

Francis Bede Smith (28 February 1886 – 29 October 1954) was an Australian rugby union player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Smith, a centre, was born in Wellington, New South Wales and claimed a total of 4 international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against New Zealand at Dunedin on 2 September 1905.

He was a member of the Australian rugby union team, which won the gold medal.

See also

• Rugby union at the 1908 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ "Scrum.com player profile of Bede Smith". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. "Frank Smith". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

External links

• Bede Smith at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Frank Bede-Smith at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 February 2007)
• Frank Smith at ESPNscrum
• Frank Smith at Olympics.com
• Frank Smith at Olympedia
• Frank Smith at the Australian Olympic Committee

• 1886 births
• 1954 deaths
• Australian rugby union players
• Australia international rugby union players
• Rugby union players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Olympic rugby union players for Australasia
• Olympic gold medalists for Australasia
• Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Rugby union centres
• Rugby union players from New South Wales
• People from Wellington, New South Wales
• New South Wales rugby union team players