Stan Smith (footballer, born 1884)

Stanley Smith (22 September 1884 – 31 March 1956)[1] was an English footballer who played at outside-right for Southampton in the Southern League between 1908 and 1911.

Stan Smith
Personal information
Full name Stanley Smith
Date of birth (1884-09-22)22 September 1884
Place of birth Southampton, England
Date of death 31 March 1956(1956-03-31) (aged 71)
Place of death Shawford, Hampshire, England
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside-right
Youth career
Southampton Cambridge
Ryde
Bitterne Guild
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908–1911 Southampton 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Smith was born in Southampton and played football for various local sides leading to representative honours for the Hampshire F.A.[2] In 1908, he joined Southampton for whom he gained a reputation for "accurately crossing the ball from awkward and seemingly impossible positions".[2] He made his first-team debut when he took the place of John Bainbridge on the right wing for the Christmas Day 1908 match at West Ham United, which ended in a 1–0 defeat. Smith retained his place for the next two matches before Bainbridge's return.[3]

He spent the next two years in the reserves before he was recalled on New Year's Eve 1910, when he had a run of six matches as the forward line was shuffled around in the absence of Harry Brown.[4]

Later career

Smith abandoned his football career in 1911 and joined the 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars, with whom he served during World War I.[2]

References
  1. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints – A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-9926864-0-6.
  2. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. p. 315. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  3. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. p. 45. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
  4. Saints – A complete record. p. 49.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.