Steven Smith (Australian rules footballer)

Steven Smith
Personal information
Date of birth	22 May 1956
Original team(s)	Bentleigh-McKinnon / Ormond
Height/Weight	193 cm / 91 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1974–1985	Melbourne	203 (144)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985 season.

Steven Smith (born 22 May 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Making his debut during the 1974 VFL season, Smith appeared 203 times for Melbourne and kicked 144 goals until his retirement at the end of the 1985 VFL season. In 1981, Smith won the Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal, which is awarded to Melbourne's best and fairest player for the season.

Smith was the first Little League player to play in the VFL and is only one of four footballers to have played 200 VFL/AFL games but not play a final (the other three being Trevor Barker, Gary Hardeman and Geoff Cunningham).^[1]

In 2015, Smith was elected President of the Melbourne Cricket Club.^[1]

Statistics

^[2]

Legend
D	Disposals	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	M	Marks	T	Tackles	H/O	Hit-outs	G	Goals	B	Behinds

Season	Team	#	Games	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B
			Totals									Averages (per game)
1974	Melbourne	35	17	232	176	56	45	–	0	12	6	13.6	10.4	3.3	2.6	–	0.0	0.7	0.4
1975	Melbourne	35	22	249	201	48	89	–	12	24	16	11.9	9.6	2.3	4.2	–	1.5	1.1	0.8
1976	Melbourne	35	19	298	240	58	122	–	78	33	26	15.7	12.6	3.1	6.4	–	4.3	1.7	1.4
1977	Melbourne	35	11	152	111	41	50	–	40	10	7	13.8	10.1	3.7	4.5	–	4.0	0.9	0.7
1978	Melbourne	35	22	280	215	65	92	–	83	17	8	12.7	9.8	3.0	4.2	–	4.2	0.8	0.4
1979	Melbourne	35	16	198	135	63	70	–	21	15	8	12.4	8.4	3.9	4.4	–	1.3	0.9	0.5
1980	Melbourne	35	16	238	172	66	80	–	26	24	30	14.9	10.8	4.1	5.0	–	1.6	1.5	1.9
1981	Melbourne	35	22	290	213	77	84	–	30	2	4	13.2	9.7	3.5	3.8	–	1.4	0.1	0.2
1982	Melbourne	35	18	171	122	49	54	–	28	1	2	9.5	6.8	2.7	3.0	–	1.6	0.1	0.1
1983	Melbourne	35	17	177	134	43	63	–	6	0	0	10.4	7.9	2.5	3.7	–	0.4	0.0	0.0
1984	Melbourne	1	19	174	124	50	59	–	11	6	2	9.2	6.5	2.6	3.1	–	0.6	0.3	0.1
1985	Melbourne	1	4	29	20	9	4	–	2	0	1	7.3	5.0	2.3	1.0	–	0.5	0.0	0.3
Career			203	2488	1863	625	812	–	337	144	110	12.3	9.2	3.1	4.0	–	2.0	0.7	0.6

External links

1. Wilson, Caroline. "New MCC chief Steven Smith has some regrets over his 200-game football career". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
2. Steven Smith's player profile at AFL Tables

• Steven Smith's statistics from AFL Tables