Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Alfred Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Lingdale, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 September 2010 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Enfield, London, England | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Redcar Boys Club | |||
| Chelsea | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1955 | Chelsea | 74 | (23) |
| 1955–1964 | Tottenham Hotspur | 271 | (176) |
| 1964–1965 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 31 | (19) |
| 1965–1967 | Hastings United | ||
| Total | 376 | (218) | |
| International career | |||
| 1960–1963 | England | 15 | (13) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Alfred Smith (22 February 1933 – 18 September 2010) was an English footballer. He played as a centre-forward for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, and Brighton and Hove Albion. He was also capped 15 times for England, scoring 13 goals between 1960 and 1963. He was the top scorer of the 1957–58 Football League First Division, and is Tottenham Hotspur's third-highest goal scorer with 208 goals.[1]
He began playing as a full back for Redcar Boys' Club, before being spotted by Chelsea.[2] He would play 74 games for Chelsea between 1950 and 1955,[3] and was part of the team that won the 1954–55 Football League First Division, although he only played four games that season.[4]
He signed for Tottenham Hotspur in December 1955 for £18,000.[5] He helped Tottenham to win the double in the 1960–61 season, winning the First Division and the FA Cup, with Smith scoring two goals in the final.[6] He would also help them win the 1961–62 FA Cup and the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup.
Smith died on 18 September 2010, after a short illness at a hospital in Enfield, London.[7]
Honours
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Football League First Division: 1960–61
- FA Cup: 1960–61,[8] 1961–62[8]
- FA Charity Shield: 1961, 1962
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1962–63
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- Football League Fourth Division: 1964–65
References
- ↑ "Bobby Smith". The Daily Telegraph. 22 September 2010.
- ↑ "Bobby Smith". redcarfootball.com. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ↑ Chelsea Football Club The Full Statistical Story 1905–1986 by Scott Cheshire and Ron Hockings
- ↑ Henderson, Charlie (30 April 2005). "Champions of a different era". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ↑ Soccer Who's Who compiled by Maurice Golesworthy, The Sportsmans Book Club London 1965
- ↑ Welch, Julie (7 September 2015). "Chapter 13: What's the Story, Eternal Glory?". The Biography of Tottenham Hotspur. Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9781909534506.
- ↑ Bobby Smith THFC official website, Accessed 11 June 2013
- 1 2 Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
Other websites
- Bobby Smith's book 'My Memories of Spurs'
- FA Cup 1962 - matches, teams, report and photograph Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Obituary of Bobby Smith, The Daily Telegraph, 22 September 2010
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