Fred Smith
Personal information
Full name Frederick Edward Smith
Date of birth (1926-05-07)7 May 1926
Place of birth Draycott, Derbyshire, England
Date of death 6 February 2017(2017-02-06) (aged 90)[1]
Place of death New South Wales, Australia
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Draycott
1947–1948 Derby County 1 (0)
1948–1952 Sheffield United 53 (18)
1952 Manchester City 2 (1)
1952–1954 Grimsby Town 50 (24)
1954–1955 Bradford City 9 (3)
– Frickley Colliery
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick Edward Smith (7 May 1926 – 6 February 2017) was an English footballer who played in the Football League in the 1940s and 1950s as a centre forward for Derby County, Sheffield United, Manchester City, Grimsby Town and Bradford City.[2]

Football career

Smith was born in Draycott, Derbyshire, and started his professional career at Derby County,[2] before joining Sheffield United in March 1948. His most prolific season for the "Blades" was 1949–50, when he scored 16 goals from 29 league appearances, which helped United to finish third in the Second Division, missing out on promotion to arch-rivals Sheffield Wednesday by the narrowest of margins, 0.008 on goal average.[3]

After five seasons with Sheffield United, he joined Manchester City in May 1952, moving on to Grimsby Town in September. At Grimsby, playing in the Third Division North, he scored 24 goals from 50 League appearances in two years, before spending one season with Bradford City.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hugman's Footballers: Fred Smith
  2. 1 2 3 "Fred Smith". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "A year by year history". Sheffield United F.C. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  • Fred Smith at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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