Sid Smith Sr. Explained
| Sid Smith |
| Fullname: | Sidney Norman Smith |
| Birth Date: | 25 October 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Geelong, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Geelong, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Barwon Football Club |
| Statsend: | 1911 |
| Years1: | 1911 |
| Games Goals1: | 5 (4) |
Sidney Norman Smith (25 October 1890 – 26 February 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The son of Frederick Smith (1860-1891),[2] and Annie Elizabeth Smith (1863-1939), née Clarke, later Mrs. Archibald James Young,[3] [4] Sidney Norman Smith was born at Geelong on 25 October 1890.
He married Ivy Kathleen Keene (1892-1973) on 2 May 1918.[5] Their son (also "Sid Smith") played for Geelong in 1952 and 1953.
Football
Recruited from the Barwon Football Club in the local Geelong and District Football Association (GDFA),[6] he played five senior VFL games for Geelong, in the first five rounds of the 1911 season, and then returned to play with the Barwon club.[7]
Death
He died in a private Geelong hospital on 26 February 1952,[8] and was buried at the Geelong Western Public Cemetery.[9]
References
- Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
Notes and References
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p.833.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150609322 Deaths: Smith, The Geelong Advertiser, (Thursday, 1 October 1891), p.1.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150735085 Marriage: Smith—Clarke, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 11 November 1887), p.2.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150772117 Marriages: Young—Smith, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 11 December 1892), p.1.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1444041 Marriages: Smith—Keene, The Argus, (Saturday, 6 July 1918), p.13.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149206303 Geelong Junior Competition, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 1 May 1911), p.6.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article150115162 Football: Barwon v. East Geelong, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 27 September 1912), p.6.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204975395 Deaths: Smith, The Age, (Wednesday, 27 February 1952), p.13.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204975395 Funeral Notices: Smith, The Age, (Wednesday, 27 February 195), p.13.
