Clyde Smith (footballer)

Clyde Smith
Smith in 1922
Personal information
Full name Clyde James Smith
Date of birth (1901-01-28)28 January 1901
Date of death 5 January 1935(1935-01-05) (aged 33)
Place of death Frankston, Victoria
Original team(s) Sturt
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1921–1922 Collingwood 7 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Clyde James Smith (28 January 1901 – 5 January 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Smith made one appearance for Collingwood in the 1921 VFL season[2] and six in the 1922 VFL season, then left the club to coach Cobram.[3]

Smith coached Rochester in 1924.[4][5]

A police constable, Smith was accidentally shot and killed by a colleague's firearm while on duty in Frankston on 5 January 1935.[6][7]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 826. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "History: The story of Basil and Clyde". Collingwood FC.
  3. ^ "Honouring a fallen Magpie". collingwoodfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  4. ^ "1924 – Football: Echuca v Rochester". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). 2 June 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Clyde Smith". Collingwood Forever. Collingwood FC.
  6. ^ "Police Honour Roll". The Police Association Victoria. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Young Constable and a Pistol". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 January 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 11 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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