Archie_Smith_(footballer,_born_1872)

Archie Smith (footballer, born 1872)

Archie Smith (footballer, born 1872)

Australian rules footballer

For other people named Archie Smith, see Archie Smith (disambiguation).

Arthur Robert Smith (16 February 1872 – 20 July 1961)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the years leading up to and following the formation of the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Playing career

Smith, who was recruited from Richmond, was Collingwood's main target up forward during his career.[3] He made his VFL debut in Collingwood's inaugural VFL game, against St Kilda in round one, 1897, and went on to top the club goal-kicking in each of his first four seasons.[4] Smith's tally of 31 goals in 1898 was enough to win the VFL Leading Goalkicker Medal.[4] Although he wasn't the most prolific forward for Collingwood in 1901, his 30 goals helped his club reach the 1901 VFL grand final, where they lost to Essendon.[5]

Smith's career total of 205 goals was a club record until broken by Dick Lee in 1910.

References

  1. [1]
    "Births, Marriages, Deaths". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 21 July 1961. p. 17.
  2. [2]
    "Archie Smith". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. [3]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  4. [4]
    Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
  5. [5]
    "Essendon v Collingwood - Sat, 7-Sep-1901 2:50 PM - Match Stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
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