Thomas Smith (Australian footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas George Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 1851 | ||
| Place of birth | Woolwich, England | ||
| Date of death | December 1909 (age 60)[1] | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1870–1876 | Port Adelaide (Interclub) | ≤ 34 | |
| 1877–1881 | Port Adelaide (SAFA) | 69[2] | |
| Career highlights | |||
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Thomas George Smith (1851 – December, 1909) was an Australian football player. He was a foundation player of the Port Adelaide Football Club in 1870 and was also an inaugural player in the club's first SAFA season. During the first three seasons of the SAFA, Thomas Smith won Port Adelaide's best and fairest award every year.
Outside of football Smith was a tailor who worked on Commercial Road Port Adelaide.[3][4]
References
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- ^ http://boards.ancestry.com.au/localities.oceania.australia.sa.general/2280/mb.ashx
- ^ http://pafchonourboard.com.au/
- ^ "WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1868–1881). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 21 December 1878. p. 11. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ http://boards.ancestry.com.au/localities.oceania.australia.sa.general/2280/mb.ashx
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