Eddie Smith | |
Fullname: | Edmund Smith |
Birth Date: | 23 October 1902 |
Birth Place: | Arbroath, Scotland |
Death Place: | Andover, Massachusetts, United States |
Position: | Forward |
Years2: | –1926 |
Years3: | 1926 |
Years4: | 1926– |
Clubs1: | Arbroath |
Clubs2: | Shawsheen Indians |
Clubs3: | Bethlehem Steel |
Clubs4: | Holley Carburetor |
Caps2: | 22 |
Caps3: | 4 |
Goals2: | 9 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Nationalyears1: | 1926 |
Nationalteam1: | United States |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Edmund "Eddie" Smith (October 25, 1902 – August 7, 1978) was a soccer player who played as a forward. He played professionally in both Scotland and the United States. Born in Scotland, he earned one cap for the United States national team.
Smith played for Scottish club Arbroath F.C. before moving to the United States where he signed with the Shawsheen Indians of Andover, Massachusetts. In 1925, the Indians won the U S Open Cup 3–0 over the Canadian Club of Chicago.[1] In 1926, the Indians entered the American Soccer League, but folded twenty-six games into the 1926–1927 season.https://books.google.com/books?id=dQWzRxP-a7sC&dq=%22edmund+smith%22+shawsheen&pg=PA169 In 1926, Smith joined Bethlehem Steel. He played only four league games, scoring three goals, before moving to Detroit, Michigan. He continued to play in the Michigan Professional League playing for Holley Carburetor.
When he moved to Detroit, Smith played for Holly Carburetor and the Ford Motor Company. He later moved back to Andover where he worked as a caretaker of the Spring Grove Cemetery.
Smith earned one cap with the U.S. national team in a 6–2 win over Canada on November 6, 1926. Played at Ebbets Field N.Y.[2]