Wilf Smith | |
Fullname: | Wilfred Victor Smith |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1918 |
Birth Place: | Pucklechurch, England |
Death Place: | Pucklechurch, England |
Height: | 5 ft 10 in[1] |
Position: | Full back |
Clubs1: | Clevedon Town |
Years2: | 1937–1946 |
Clubs2: | Bristol Rovers |
Caps2: | 26 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 1946–1948 |
Clubs3: | Newport County |
Caps3: | 9 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Clubs4: | Abergavenny Thursdays |
Totalcaps: | 35 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Wilfred Smith (7 April 1918 – 14 April 1968) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back.
Smith began his career as an amateur with Clevedon Town before turning professional with Bristol Rovers. Smith spent ten years at Rovers and, because League football was suspended due to the Second World War, only made a total of 26 appearances in the Football League for them.[2] Smith signed for Newport County in December 1946 in a swap deal involving Ken Wookey.[3] At Newport, Smith made a further 9 League appearances.[4] Smith later played in Wales with Abergavenny Thursdays.