Vin Smith Explained

Vin Smith
Fullname:	Alfred Vincent Smith
Birth Date:	23 January 1914
Birth Place:	Hawthorn, Victoria
Death Place:	Dimboola, Victoria
Originalteam:	Camberwell
Height:	180 cm
Weight:	70 kg
Statsend:	1935
Years1:	1935
Games Goals1:	11 (11)

Alfred Vincent Smith (23 January 1914 – 17 February 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Hawthorn granted Smith a clearance to the Brocklesby Football Club, NSW^[2] where they finish 3rd in 1937 and 4th in 1938^[3] in the Albury & District Football League with Smith as their captain / coach.

Smith was runner up Albury & DFL best and fairest award in 1937^[4] and finished 3rd in the 1938 medal.^[5]

Smith played with Sandringham Football Club in 1939^[6] and 1940, prior to enlisting with the AIF in World War Two.^[7]

External links

• • • Smith's World War Two Service Record
• 1938 - Brocklesby FC Presentation Night photo

Notes and References

1. 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 . 834.
2. Web site: 1937 - At Hawthorn . The Argus . 21 January 2022 . 17 . 28 April 1937.
3. Web site: 1938 - Brocklesby Eliminated . The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register (NSW) . 21 January 2022 . 8 . 26 August 1938.
4. Web site: 1937 - Ovens & Murray . The Argus (Melbourne, Vic) . 21 January 2022 . 16 . 18 August 1937.
5. Web site: 1938 - Best & Fairest Player . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW0 . 21 January 2022 . 2 . 15 August 1938.
6. Web site: 1939 - SANDRINGHAM SHOW PROMISE . The Herald . 21 January 2022 . 22 . 3 April 1939.
7. Web site: 1940 - Football loss by Sandringham . The Herald . 21 January 2022 . 19 . 24 January 1940.