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Fullname: | James Harold Smith |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1930 |
Birth Place: | Sheffield, England |
Position: | Winger |
Clubs1: | Shildon |
Years2: | 1951–1955 |
Clubs2: | Chelsea |
Caps2: | 19 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Years3: | 1955–1958 |
Clubs3: | Leyton Orient |
Caps3: | 37 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Totalcaps: | 56 |
Totalgoals: | 6 |
James Harold Smith (6 December 1930 – 7 January 2022) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for Shildon, Chelsea and Leyton Orient.[1] [2]
At the time of his death on 7 January 2022, aged 91, he was Chelsea's oldest surviving player, succeeded by Len Casey.[3]