Jack Smith (footballer, born 1915)
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John Smith (7 February 1915 – 21 April 1975) was an English footballer and football manager. A forward, he scored 119 goals in 216 league games during nine seasons of peacetime football in the Football League.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Smith[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1915-02-07)7 February 1915 | ||
Place of birth | Batley, Yorkshire, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 21 April 1975(1975-04-21) (aged 60)[1] | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Whitehall Printers | |||
Dewsbury Moor Welfare | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1932–1934 | Huddersfield Town | 45 | (24) |
1934–1938 | Newcastle United | 104 | (69) |
1938–1946 | Manchester United | 36 | (14) |
1946–1947 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | (12) |
1947–1948 | Port Vale | 29 | (10) |
1948–1950 | Congleton Town | 49 | (21) |
1950–1952 | Macclesfield Town | 38 | (27) |
Total | 331 | (177) | |
Managerial career | |||
1951–1955 | Macclesfield Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He began his professional career at Huddersfield Town in 1932, helping the club to a second-place finish in the First Division in 1933–34, before he was signed by Newcastle United three years later. After scoring 73 goals in 112 Second Division games, he was sold on to Manchester United for £6,500 in February 1938. He helped the Red Devils to win promotion in 1937–38, but then the outbreak of war in Europe robbed him of seven full seasons of First Division football. After the war he played for Blackburn Rovers. In May 1947, he transferred to Port Vale, before moving on to non-League Congleton Town in 1948 and Macclesfield Town in 1949, whom he managed from 1951 to 1955.