Clyde Smith (footballer)

Clyde Smith
Clyde Smith
	Smith in 1922
Personal information
Full name	Clyde James Smith
Date of birth	28 January 1901
Date of death	5 January 1935 (aged 33)
Place of death	Frankston, Victoria
Original team(s)	Sturt
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1921–1922	Collingwood
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1922.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Clyde James Smith (28 January 1901 – 5 January 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Smith made one appearance for Collingwood in the 1921 VFL season^[2] and six in the 1922 VFL season, then left the club to coach Cobram.^[3]

Smith coached Rochester in 1924.^[4]^[5]

A police constable, Smith was accidentally shot and killed by a colleague's firearm while on duty in Frankston on 5 January 1935.^[6]^[7]

Notes

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 826. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "History: The story of Basil and Clyde". Collingwood FC.
^ "Honouring a fallen Magpie". collingwoodfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
^ "1924 – Football: Echuca v Rochester". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). 2 June 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
^ "Clyde Smith". Collingwood Forever. Collingwood FC.
^ "Police Honour Roll". The Police Association Victoria. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
^ "Young Constable and a Pistol". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 January 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 11 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

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