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Syd Smith (Australian rules footballer)

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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

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]

Family

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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

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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

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

Notes

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  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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