| David Smyth | |
| Fullname: | David Smyth |
| Birth Place: | Clydebank, Scotland |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in[1] |
| Position: | Centre forward |
| Years1: | 19??–1935 |
| Clubs1: | Maryhill |
| Years2: | 1935 |
| Clubs2: | Petershill |
| Years3: | 1935–1936 |
| Clubs3: | Aston Villa |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1936–1937 |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1937–1938 |
| Clubs5: | Darlington |
| Caps5: | 19 |
| Goals5: | 6 |
David Smyth ( – after 1937) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Darlington.[2] He played for Scottish junior clubs Maryhill and Petershill, and was on the books of Aston Villa and Newcastle United in England without playing first-team football for either.
Smyth was born in Clydebank, Scotland.[3] He played football as a centre forward for Glasgow-based junior club Maryhill, but was not retained at the end of the 1934–35 season,[4] and moved on to nearby Petershill.[5] In November 1922, amid interest from Scottish Division One club St Johnstone,[4] he was reported to have "flung up a good job in Glasgow"[6] to make a career in English football with First Division club Aston Villa.[7] The Dundee Courier understood that Petershill "[had] come out of the deal handsomely".[4]
He played for Villa's "A" team in the Birmingham Combination,[8] but not for the first team, and soon moved on to Second Division Newcastle United.[3] He played for the club's reserve team,[9] but again, not for the first team,[2] and was listed for transfer at the end of the 1936–37 season.[10] Smyth signed for Third Division North club Darlington in August 1937,[3] and finally made his senior debut. By 26 October, he already had five league goals,[11] and he finished the season, and his Darlington career, with six goals from 19 appearances in the Football League.[2]