Arthur_Smith_(footballer,_born_1879)

Arthur Smith (footballer, born 1879)

Arthur Smith (footballer, born 1879)

Australian rules footballer

For the Footscray and North Melbourne footballer, see Arthur Smith (footballer, born 1908).

Arthur Digby Smith (16 November 1879 – 28 October 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

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Family

The son of John Digby Smith (1829-1916),[2] and Ann Eliza Smith (-1915), née Gibson,[3] Arthur Digby Smith was born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 16 November 1879.

He married Katherine Hooper (1892-1929) on 29 October 1914.[4][5]

Football

He played his first senior game for South Melbourne against St Kilda on 4 May 1901.[6]

Death

He died at a private hospital in Caulfield, Victoria on 28 October 1963.[7]

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby & Main (2014), p.825.
  2. [2]
    Death: Smith, The Gippsland Mercury, (Friday, 12 May 1916), p.2.
  3. [3]
    Death: Smith, The Bairnsdale Advertiser, (Saturday, 13 March 1915), p.2.
  4. [4]
    Marriages: Smith—Hooper, The Argus, (Saturday, 19 December 1914), p.11.
  5. [5]
    Deaths: Smith, The Argus, (Saturday, 5 October 1929), p.13.
  6. [6]
    A Good Hard Game, The Argus, (monday, 6 May 1901), p.11.
  7. [7]
    "Deaths: Smith". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 29 October 1963. p. 17.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.


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