Arthur Smith | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Arthur Digby Smith | ||
Date of birth | 16 November 1879 | ||
Place of birth | Bairnsdale, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 28 October 1963 83) | (aged||
Place of death | Caulfield, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Bairnsdale | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1901 | South Melbourne | 9 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Arthur Digby Smith (16 November 1879 – 28 October 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The son of John Digby Smith (1829-1916),[2] and Ann Eliza Smith (-1915), née Gibson,[3] Arthur Digby Smith was born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 16 November 1879.
He married Katherine Hooper (1892-1929) on 29 October 1914.[4][5]
Football
He played his first senior game for South Melbourne against St Kilda on 4 May 1901.[6]
Death
He died at a private hospital in Caulfield, Victoria on 28 October 1963.[7]
Footnotes
- ↑ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.825.
- ↑ Death: Smith, The Gippsland Mercury, (Friday, 12 May 1916), p.2.
- ↑ Death: Smith, The Bairnsdale Advertiser, (Saturday, 13 March 1915), p.2.
- ↑ Marriages: Smith—Hooper, The Argus, (Saturday, 19 December 1914), p.11.
- ↑ Deaths: Smith, The Argus, (Saturday, 5 October 1929), p.13.
- ↑ A Good Hard Game, The Argus, (monday, 6 May 1901), p.11.
- ↑ "Deaths: Smith". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 29 October 1963. p. 17.
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
- Arthur Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Arthur Smith at AustralianFootball.com
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