Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Smith | ||
Date of birth | 1882 | ||
Place of birth | Wednesfield, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Cannock | |||
Stafford Road | |||
1902–1906 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 104 | (38) |
1906–1907 | Birmingham | 6 | (1) |
1907–1908 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | (10) |
1908–1909 | Norwich City | ||
1909–1911 | Luton Town | ||
1911–1912 | Millwall | ||
1912–19?? | Coventry City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Smith (1882 – after 1911) was an English professional footballer who scored 39 goals in 110 appearances in First Division of the Football League playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham. [1] He played as a forward.
Smith was born in Wednesfield, Staffordshire, and played for Cannock and for Stafford Road before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1906. [2] He scored twice on his debut in the Football League on the opening day of the 1902–03 season, in a 3–0 home win against Derby County. [3] He continued to score at a respectable rate, and two seasons later was Wolves' leading scorer jointly with Billy Wooldridge. [4] In April 1906, with Wolves' relegation from the First Division confirmed, [5] Smith joined fellow First Division club Birmingham; they still had three games left to play, in which he contributed one goal. [6] However, as a short, stocky man he did not fit in with Birmingham's style of play, and less than a year later he moved on, to Southern League club Bristol Rovers. [2] In his only season with Rovers he scored 10 goals in 31 Southern League games, [7] and then embarked on a tour of the Southern League, playing in turn for Norwich City, Luton Town, Millwall and Coventry City. [2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Smith | ||
Date of birth | 1882 | ||
Place of birth | Wednesfield, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Cannock | |||
Stafford Road | |||
1902–1906 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 104 | (38) |
1906–1907 | Birmingham | 6 | (1) |
1907–1908 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | (10) |
1908–1909 | Norwich City | ||
1909–1911 | Luton Town | ||
1911–1912 | Millwall | ||
1912–19?? | Coventry City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Smith (1882 – after 1911) was an English professional footballer who scored 39 goals in 110 appearances in First Division of the Football League playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham. [1] He played as a forward.
Smith was born in Wednesfield, Staffordshire, and played for Cannock and for Stafford Road before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1906. [2] He scored twice on his debut in the Football League on the opening day of the 1902–03 season, in a 3–0 home win against Derby County. [3] He continued to score at a respectable rate, and two seasons later was Wolves' leading scorer jointly with Billy Wooldridge. [4] In April 1906, with Wolves' relegation from the First Division confirmed, [5] Smith joined fellow First Division club Birmingham; they still had three games left to play, in which he contributed one goal. [6] However, as a short, stocky man he did not fit in with Birmingham's style of play, and less than a year later he moved on, to Southern League club Bristol Rovers. [2] In his only season with Rovers he scored 10 goals in 31 Southern League games, [7] and then embarked on a tour of the Southern League, playing in turn for Norwich City, Luton Town, Millwall and Coventry City. [2]