Steve Smith (footballer, born 1899)

Stephen Smith (20 February 1899 – 27 December 1994) was a Scottish association football goalkeeper who began his career in the United States and ended it with Aberdeen.

Steve Smith
Personal information
Full name Stephen Smith
Date of birth 20 February 1899[1]
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of death 27 December 1994(1994-12-27) (aged 95)
Place of death Pinellas, Florida, United States[1]
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Hall Russell's
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1921–1922 Chicago Thistle
1922–1923 Chicago All Scots
1923–1930 Brooklyn Wanderers 246 (0)
1930–1938 Aberdeen 235 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In 1921, Smith joined Thistle, a team in the Association Football League, an ethnically British league in Chicago. A year later, he was with the All Scots in the same league. At the time, Chicago teams would tour during the off-season and Smith came to the attention of the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League. They signed him for the 1923–24 season, but he saw time in only nine games. He became the regular starter the next season, a position he held for much of the next five years. Over the course of his career with the Wanderers, he played 246 league, 11 National Challenge Cup and 12 League Cup games. In 1930, Smith returned to his native Scotland and joined Aberdeen F.C. where he finished his career in 1938.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Seasons League National Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brooklyn Wanderers 1923-1930 National Association Football League - - - - - - - -
Total 246 0 11 0 12 0 269 0
Aberdeen 1930-31 Scottish Division One 31 0 6 0 - - 37 0
1931-32 37 0 1 0 - - 38 0
1932-33 38 0 3 0 - - 41 0
1933-34 33 0 4 0 - - 37 0
1934-35 36 0 7 0 - - 43 0
1935-36 30 0 3 0 - - 33 0
1936-37 29 0 0 0 - - 29 0
Total 234 0 24 0 - - 258 0
Career total 480 0 35 0 12 0 527 0

References
  1. Steve Smith, AFC Heritage Trust
  2. [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
  3. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  • Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4.
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