 The English amateur national team, winners of the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London. Standing, from left to right: FA president Lord Arthur Kinnaird, Kenneth Hunt, Walter Corbett, Herbert Smith, Horace Bailey, Frederick Chapman, Robert Hawkes, Alfred Davis (coach). Sitting, from left to right: Arthur Berry, Harold Stapley, Vivian Woodward, Clyde Purnell, Harold Hardman. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Herbert Smith | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1877 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Witney, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 January 1951(1951-01-06) (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1898 | Witney | ||||||||||||||||
| 1899 | Richmond | ||||||||||||||||
| 1900–1902 | Reading | ||||||||||||||||
| 1902–1903 | Stoke | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1903 | Oxford City | ||||||||||||||||
| 1903–1906 | Reading | ||||||||||||||||
| 1906–1907 | Derby County | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1907 | Reading | ||||||||||||||||
| 1908 | Oxford City | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1905–1906 | England | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Herbert Smith (22 November 1877 – 6 January 1951) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Derby County and Stoke. He also competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, playing at left-back.
Career
He was born in Witney, Oxfordshire, and was a member of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He had previously made four appearances for the full England team in 1905 and 1906.
Smith played for a number of clubs including Reading and Oxford City as well as short spells with Football League clubs Stoke in 1902 and Derby County in 1906.
Career statistics
Club
Source:
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1902–03 | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Derby County | 1906–07 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
International
Source:
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1905 | 2 | 0 |
| 1906 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
References
- ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- "Herbert Smith". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- Herbert Smith at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- Smith, Herbert at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Herbert Smith at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Herbert Smith at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Herbert Smith at Olympics.com
- Herbert Smith at Englandstats.com
- Herbert Smith at England Football Online
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- 1877 births
- 1951 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Reading F.C. players
- Derby County F.C. players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Great Britain
- English Olympic competitors
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- England men's international footballers
- England men's amateur international footballers
- People from Witney
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Oxford City F.C. players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- English cricketers
- Oxfordshire cricketers
- Footballers from Oxfordshire