Dave Smith (footballer, born 1947)

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Dave Smith
Personal information
Full name David Smith
Date of birth (1947-12-08) 8 December 1947
Place of birth Thornaby-on-Tees, England
Playing position Outside left / Left midfield
Youth career
– Manchester United
– Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1964–1968 Middlesbrough 2 (0)
1968–1978 Lincoln City 371 (52)
1978–1980 Rotherham United 33 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

David "Dave" Smith (born 8 December 1947)[1] is an English former professional footballer who scored 55 goals from 406 games in the Football League playing as an outside left or left-sided midfielder for Middlesbrough, Lincoln City and Rotherham United.[2][3][4]

Career

Smith was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire. An England schoolboy international, he began his career on Manchester United's books, but signed for Middlesbrough as an apprentice and then as a professional. He played only three times for that club in four seasons, and joined Lincoln City in 1968. He went straight into the first team,[1] finished the 1968–69 season as the club's top scorer with 11 goals,[5] and remained a first-choice player for ten years. He missed only one game as Lincoln won the Fourth Division title in the 1975–76 season, and scored their 100th goal of that season. Released in 1978 after playing more than 400 games for the club, a total which placed him third behind only Grant Brown and Tony Emery in the club's all-time appearance list,[1] he finished his professional career with 43 appearances for Rotherham United,[6] then played and coached in Sunday league football for many years.[1]

After retiring as a footballer, Smith had several different jobs, including running a pub, working on an oil rig, factory work and selling insurance.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "#12 – Dave Smith". League Legends. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Middlesbrough : 1946/47 – 2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Lincoln City : 1946/47 – 1986/87 & 1988/89 – 2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Rotherham United : 1946/47 – 2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "Appearances". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 8 May 2010. Access to 1968–69 season details via Season Stats dropdown menu near foot of page.
  6. ↑ "Past players" (Word document). Rotherham United F.C. Retrieved 8 May 2010.


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