Australian rules footballer
Sid Smith | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Sidney Norman Smith | ||
Date of birth | (1890-10-25)25 October 1890 | ||
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 26 February 1952(1952-02-26) (aged 61) | ||
Place of death | Geelong, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Barwon Football Club | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1911 | Geelong | 5 (4) | |
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Sidney Norman Smith (25 October 1890 – 26 February 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Frederick Smith (1860-1891), and Annie Elizabeth Smith (1863-1939), née Clarke, later Mrs. Archibald James Young, Sidney Norman Smith was born at Geelong on 25 October 1890.
He married Ivy Kathleen Keene (1892-1973) on 2 May 1918. Their son (also "Sid Smith") played for Geelong in 1952 and 1953.
Football
Recruited from the Barwon Football Club in the local Geelong and District Football Association (GDFA), he played five senior VFL games for Geelong, in the first five rounds of the 1911 season, and then returned to play with the Barwon club.
Death
He died in a private Geelong hospital on 26 February 1952, and was buried at the Geelong Western Public Cemetery.
Notes
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p.833.
- Deaths: Smith, The Geelong Advertiser, (Thursday, 1 October 1891), p.1.
- Marriage: Smith—Clarke, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 11 November 1887), p.2.
- Marriages: Young—Smith, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 11 December 1892), p.1.
- Marriages: Smith—Keene, The Argus, (Saturday, 6 July 1918), p.13.
- Geelong Junior Competition, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 1 May 1911), p.6.
- Football: Barwon v. East Geelong, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 27 September 1912), p.6.
- Deaths: Smith, The Age, (Wednesday, 27 February 1952), p.13.
- Funeral Notices: Smith, The Age, (Wednesday, 27 February 195), p.13.
References
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
- Sid Smith Sr.'s playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Sid Smith Sr. at AustralianFootball.com
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