Clyde Smith (footballer)
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| Full name | Clyde James Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1901 | ||
| Date of death | 5 January 1935 (aged 33) | ||
| Place of death | Frankston, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Sturt | ||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1921–1922 | Collingwood | 7 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Clyde James Smith (28 January 1901 – 5 January 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Smith made one appearance for Collingwood in the 1921 VFL season and six in the 1922 VFL season, then left the club to coach Cobram.
Smith coached Rochester in 1924.
A police constable, Smith was accidentally shot and killed by a colleague's firearm while on duty in Frankston on 5 January 1935.
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 826. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "History: The story of Basil and Clyde". Collingwood FC.
- ^ "Honouring a fallen Magpie". collingwoodfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ "1924 – Football: Echuca v Rochester". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). 2 June 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Clyde Smith". Collingwood Forever. Collingwood FC.
- ^ "Police Honour Roll". The Police Association Victoria. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ^ "Young Constable and a Pistol". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 January 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 11 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Clyde Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Clyde Smith's profile at Collingwood Forever
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