Tommy Smith
Essendon and Footscray
AFL career
12 games8 goals
- Debut
- R1 1936 v NTH2 May 1936
- Most recent
- R16 1937 v NTH7 Aug 1937
Stats
Bio
Recruited from St Albans, Tommy Smith was a tall timber prospect who stood 189cm, a commanding height for the 1930s. He showed initial promise during his debut season with Essendon in 1936, playing ten games and kicking eight goals as a ruck-forward option. He crossed town to join Footscray for the 1937 season but could not replicate his goal-kicking form at the Western Oval, adding just two senior games to his tally for the Bulldogs before his brief VFL career concluded.
Profile
- Full name
- Tommy L. Smith
- Born
- 23 Mar 1914
- Died
- 18 July 1985 (aged 71y 117d)
- Birthplace
- Bolton-le-Sands, United Kingdom
- Deathplace
- Bacchus Marsh, VIC
- Height
- 189 cm
- Weight
- 79 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from St Albans, Tommy Smith was a tall timber prospect who stood 189cm, a commanding height for the 1930s. He showed initial promise during his debut season with Essendon in 1936, playing ten games and kicking eight goals as a ruck-forward option. He crossed town to join Footscray for the 1937 season but could not replicate his goal-kicking form at the Western Oval, adding just two senior games to his tally for the Bulldogs before his brief VFL career concluded.