Arthur Smith | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Arthur Digby Smith | ||
Date of birth | 16 November 1879 | ||
Place of birth | Bairnsdale, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 28 October 1963 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Caulfield, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Bairnsdale | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1901 | South Melbourne | 9 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Arthur Digby Smith (16 November 1879 – 28 October 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of John Digby Smith (1829-1916),[2] and Ann Eliza Smith (-1915), née Gibson,[3] Arthur Digby Smith was born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 16 November 1879.
He married Katherine Hooper (1892-1929) on 29 October 1914.[4][5]
He played his first senior game for South Melbourne against St Kilda on 4 May 1901.[6]
He died at a private hospital in Caulfield, Victoria on 28 October 1963.[7]