Alex Smith (footballer, born 1938)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 October 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Lancaster,[1] England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19??–1961 | Weymouth | ? | (?) |
| 1961–1962 | Accrington Stanley F.C. | 0 | (0) |
| 1962–1967? | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | (0) |
| 1967?–1976? | Halifax Town | 341 | (0) |
| 1976?–1977? | Preston North End | 8 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Alex Smith (born 29 October 1938) is an English-born footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League in the 1960s and 1970s, notably with Halifax Town.[1]
He was the Accrington Stanley goalkeeper in all their games in the 1961-62 season,[2] but following their resignation from the league, their results were expunged and he is not shown officially to have played any league games for them.[1]
After Accrington's demise he moved to Bolton Wanderers, and then on to Halifax Town for whom he made over 300 league appearances. His final league club was Preston North End.[1]
He later became the goalkeeping coach at Bolton's academy, leaving the club in 2009, and he then went to run his family-owned Bolton Bed Centre store.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Football League Career Stats at Neil Brown
- 1 2 Simon Burnton (6 March 2010). "6 March 1962: Accrington Stanley resign from the Football League". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010.