Arthur Smith
Footscray and North Melbourne
AFL career
5 games5 goals
- Debut
- R5 1930 v MEL31 May 1930
- Most recent
- R13 1930 v COL26 July 1930
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Bio
Emerging from the Essendon Reserves where he was unable to break into the senior lineup, Arthur Smith experienced a peculiar introduction to VFL football by representing two clubs in his debut 1930 season. He first earned a call-up for Footscray just days before his 22nd birthday, making an immediate impact as a forward by booting five goals across three matches. Despite this promising start in front of the sticks, his tenure at the Western Oval was short-lived, and he was cleared to North Melbourne mid-year where he added a further two senior appearances without scoring. Smith's brief five-game career remains a statistical curiosity of the era, marking him as one of the few players to debut for one club and finish the same season with another.
Profile
- Born
- 07 June 1908
- Died
- 06 Sept 1987 (aged 79y 91d)
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Bio
1 revisionEmerging from the Essendon Reserves where he was unable to break into the senior lineup, Arthur Smith experienced a peculiar introduction to VFL football by representing two clubs in his debut 1930 season. He first earned a call-up for Footscray just days before his 22nd birthday, making an immediate impact as a forward by booting five goals across three matches. Despite this promising start in front of the sticks, his tenure at the Western Oval was short-lived, and he was cleared to North Melbourne mid-year where he added a further two senior appearances without scoring. Smith's brief five-game career remains a statistical curiosity of the era, marking him as one of the few players to debut for one club and finish the same season with another.