Jimmy Smith (footballer, born 1902)

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Jimmy Smith
Personal information
Full name James Terence Smith
Date of birth June 20, 1902
Place of birth Old Kilpatrick, Scotland
Date of death 1975 (aged 7273)
Place of death Bridgeport, CT, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1919–25 Dumbarton Harp
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1925–1926 Clydebank
1926–1927 Rangers
1927–1929 Ayr United 38 (66)
1929–1932 Liverpool 61 (38)
1932–1933 Tunbridge Wells Rangers
1933–1935 Bristol Rovers 31 (17)
1935–1936 Newport County 27 (10)
1936–1937 Notts County 1 (1)
1937–1946 Dumbarton 51 (36)
Teams managed
1937–1946 Dumbarton

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Jimmy Smith (born June 20, 1902 in Old Kilpatrick) was a footballer who played for Liverpool from 1929 to 1931.

Smith scored 66 goals in only 38 appearances with Ayr United, a British record to date.[1]

He was Liverpool's top scorer during the 1929–30 season, scoring 23 goals in all competitions.His move into Non-League football next season was a big shock to the football world but season 1932–33 was spent in the Southern League with Tunbridge Wells Rangers. The following season he went to Bristol Rovers then Newport County followed by Notts County then he completed the circle in 1937 by returning to Dumbarton[2]

References

  1. "Ayr United Football Club – Official Website". Ayrunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  2. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock – The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.


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