Arthur Smith (footballer, born 1879) explained
Arthur Smith |
Fullname: | Arthur Digby Smith |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1879 |
Birth Place: | Bairnsdale, Victoria |
Death Place: | Caulfield, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Bairnsdale |
Statsend: | 1901 |
Years1: | 1901 |
Games Goals1: | 9 (0) |
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]
References
- Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
Notes and References
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p.825.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90613439 Death: Smith, The Gippsland Mercury, (Friday, 12 May 1916), p.2.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74168454 Death: Smith, The Bairnsdale Advertiser, (Saturday, 13 March 1915), p.2.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10822929 Marriages: Smith—Hooper, The Argus, (Saturday, 19 December 1914), p.11.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4041697 Deaths: Smith, The Argus, (Saturday, 5 October 1929), p.13.
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10549282 A Good Hard Game, The Argus, (monday, 6 May 1901), p.11.
- News: Deaths: Smith . The Age . Melbourne, Victoria . 29 October 1963 . 17.