Syd Smith (Australian rules footballer)

Sydney Leslie Smith (21 November 1888 – 29 June 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Syd Smith
Personal information
Full name Sydney Leslie Smith
Date of birth (1888-11-21)21 November 1888
Place of birth Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death 20 June 1954(1954-06-20) (aged 65)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Manjimup
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919 Fitzroy 01 0(3)
1919–20 Northcote (VFA) 12 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1920.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Charles Castle Smith (1846-1922),[2] and Jane Smith (1848-1934), née Harris,[3] Sydney Leslie Smith was born in Fitzroy on 21 November 1888, the eighth of nine children in the family.

War service

Having moved to Western Australia, Sydney Leslie Smith enlisted in Helena Vale, Western Australia at the outbreak of World War I and served for the duration of the war, seeing active service in France.[4][5] While serving, he married Ivy Dorothy Hardiman in Ilford, Essex on 16 January 1918.

Football

After one game with Fitzroy where he scored three goals, Smith moved to Northcote where he played another 12 games.[6]

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. 833. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 23, 779. Victoria, Australia. 21 October 1922. p. 11.
  3. "Family Notices". The Argus. No. 27, 487. Victoria, Australia. 22 September 1934. p. 13.
  4. "Driver Sidney Leslie Smith (676)". Australian War Memorial.
  5. Public Notices: Re: Smith, Sidney Leslie, deceased", The Age, (Saturday, 3 July 1954), p.22 -- note that this official notification, dated 20 June 1954, from the Repatriation Commission, indicates that he died on 20 June 1954.
  6. "Notes and Comments". The Argus. No. 22, 735. Victoria, Australia. 13 June 1919. p. 5.
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