Jeff Smith (footballer, born 1935)

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Jeff Smith
Personal information
Full name Jeffrey Edward Smith [1]
Date of birth (1935-12-08) 8 December 1935 (age 87) [1]
Place of birth Chapeltown, England
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
– Sheffield United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1953–1958 Sheffield United 10 (10)
1958–1967 Lincoln City 315 (2)
Total316(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jeffrey Edward "Jeff" Smith (born 8 December 1935) is an English former professional footballer who made 316 appearances in the Football League playing for Sheffield United and Lincoln City. [1] [2]

Life and career

Smith was born in Chapeltown, Sheffield and began his football career as a junior with Sheffield United. He turned professional with that club, but played only once in the Second Division  – in a 5–1 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield on 1 December 1956 [3]  – before moving on to Lincoln City, also a Second Division club, in February 1958. [1]

He played regularly for Lincoln at left back, remaining with the club as they fell from the Second to the Fourth Division. [1] When Lincoln were relegated to the Third Division in 1961, the Daily Mirror commented that there were "several talented players in the side – notably young inside right Roger Holmes and sound left back Jeff Smith". [4] He was released in 1967, having scored twice from 351 games in all senior competitions, [1] a total which at the time placed him second behind Tony Emery in Lincoln's all-time appearances list. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jeff Smith". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sheffield United: 1946/47–2011/12". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Matchdetails from Liverpool – Sheffield United played on 01.12.1956". LFChistory. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Harley, George (10 April 1961). "Wild kick sinks Lincoln". Daily Mirror. p. 21.
  5. ↑ "Most appearances in all competitions for LCFC". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013. Note that the source includes appearances in wartime football.


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