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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Sid Smith
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

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.833.
  2. Deaths: Smith, The Geelong Advertiser, (Thursday, 1 October 1891), p.1.
  3. Marriage: Smith—Clarke, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 11 November 1887), p.2.
  4. Marriages: Young—Smith, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 11 December 1892), p.1.
  5. Marriages: Smith—Keene, The Argus, (Saturday, 6 July 1918), p.13.
  6. Geelong Junior Competition, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 1 May 1911), p.6.
  7. Football: Barwon v. East Geelong, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 27 September 1912), p.6.
  8. Deaths: Smith, The Age, (Wednesday, 27 February 1952), p.13.
  9. 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.

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