| George Smith | |
| Fullname: | George Smith |
| Birth Date: | 20 November 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Sunderland England |
| Death Date: | 1986 |
| Position: | Left half, centre half |
| Youthyears1: | – |
| Years1: | 19??–1930 |
| Clubs1: | Easington Colliery Welfare |
| Years2: | 1930–1932 |
| Clubs2: | Watford |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1932–1933 |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1933–1934 |
| Clubs4: | Darlington |
| Caps4: | 13 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 1934–1936 |
| Years6: | 1936–19?? |
| Clubs6: | Bath City |
George Smith (20 November 19081986) was an English footballer who played as a left half or centre half in the Football League for Watford, Clapton Orient and Darlington. He also played non-league football for Easington Colliery Welfare, Yeovil & Petters United and Bath City.[1]
Smith was born in Sunderland, which was then in County Durham.[1] He began his football career with the Easington school team,[2] and had been playing football as a centre half for Easington Colliery Welfare for "two or three seasons" when he joined Third Division South club Clapton Orient on trial in December 1929.[3] The trial came to nothing, but a year laterby which time he was reportedly "one of the best half-backs in the Wearside League"[2] he signed for Watford.[4]
He made his Football League debut in the last match of the season, a 1–0 win at Norwich City in the Third Division South, which proved to be his only senior appearance for the club. In August 1932, he signed for Clapton Orient on a free transfer,[4] but played only twice in the league,[1] and in the summer of 1933 returned to the north-east of England to join Darlington.[5] He appeared more frequently for Darlington, playing 13 times in the Third Division North and scoring once.[1]
In June 1934, he joined Southern League club Yeovil & Petters United.[6] He scored 11 goals over the season,[7] helping the club win the Western Section of the Southern League and reach the third round proper of the 1934–35 FA Cup, in which they lost to First Division Liverpool.[8] He played twice for Bath City in the 1936–37 season.[9]