John Smith (footballer, born 1939)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 January 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Shoreditch, London, England | ||
Date of death | February 1988[1] | (aged 49)||
Place of death | Brent, England | ||
Position(s) | Wing half, inside forward | ||
Youth career | |||
–1956 | West Ham United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1956–1960 | West Ham United | 127 | (20) |
1960–1964 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | (1) |
1964–1965 | Coventry City | 35 | (1) |
1965–1966 | Leyton Orient | 39 | (3) |
1966–1968 | Torquay United | 68 | (8) |
1968–1971 | Swindon Town | 84 | (9) |
1971–1972 | Walsall | 13 | (1) |
1973–1974 | Dundalk F.C. | 17 | (1) |
Total | 404 | (44) | |
Managerial career | |||
1972–1973 | Walsall | ||
1973–1974 | Dundalk | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Smith (4 January 1939 – February 1988) was an English footballer.
Born in Shoreditch, London, Smith was a product of the Academy of West Ham United. He played for the east London club between 1956 and 1960, playing right half and inside right, and was a key figure in the team that won the Second Division in 1957-58. He made 136 appearances for the club, scoring 23 goals.[2][3]
Smith transferred to Tottenham Hotspur, where he was one of 17 players to represent the club in their Double winning season of 1960–61.[4] Smith played in the Swindon Town side which beat Arsenal in the 1969 Football League Cup Final.[5]
At the time of his death he was the steward of McVitie's social club in Park Royal, north west London.[citation needed]
Honours
[edit]- Football League Cup
- Winners: 1969
References
[edit]- ^ "John Smith". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 189. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
- ^ Northcutt, John; Marsh, Steve (2015). West Ham United: The Complete Record. deCoubertin Books. pp. 520–521. ISBN 978-1-909245-27-3.
- ^ The Double squad Retrieved 15 April 2014
- ^ Smith, Maurice (16 March 1969). "ROGERS... AND OUT!". The People. Retrieved 14 November 2017 – via Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk.
External links
[edit]- "Walsall F.C. past managers". Walsall F.C. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
Categories:
- 1939 births
- 1988 deaths
- English men's footballers
- England men's under-23 international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from the London Borough of Hackney
- People from Shoreditch
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Torquay United F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. managers
- English Football League players
- Dundalk F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- Dundalk F.C. managers
- League of Ireland managers
- English Football League managers
- English football managers
- Walsall F.C. players