David Smyth

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For the United States international soccer defender, see Dave Smyth. For the rugby coach, see David Smyth (rugby).

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David Smyth
Personal information
Full name David Smyth[1]
Date of birth 1913/1914[2]
Place of birth Clydebank, Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1935 Maryhill
1935 Petershill
1935–1936 Aston Villa 0 (0)
1936–1937 Newcastle United 0 (0)
1937–1938 Darlington 19 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Smyth (1913/1914 – after 1937) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Darlington.[1] He played for Scottish junior clubs Maryhill and Petershill, and was on the books of Aston Villa and Newcastle United in England without playing first-team football for either.

Football career

Smyth was born in Clydebank, Scotland.[3] He played football as a centre forward for Glasgow-based junior club Maryhill, but was not retained at the end of the 1934–35 season,[2] and moved on to nearby Petershill.[4] In November 1922, amid interest from Scottish Division One club St Johnstone,[2] he was reported to have "flung up a good job in Glasgow"[5] to make a career in English football with First Division club Aston Villa.[6] The Dundee Courier understood that Petershill "[had] come out of the deal handsomely".[2]

He played for Villa's "A" team in the Birmingham Combination,[7] but not for the first team, and soon moved on to Second Division Newcastle United.[3] He played for the club's reserve team,[8] but again, not for the first team,[1] and was listed for transfer at the end of the 1936–37 season.[9] Smyth signed for Third Division North club Darlington in August 1937,[3] and finally made his senior debut. By 26 October, he already had five league goals,[10] and he finished the season, and his Darlington career, with six goals from 19 appearances in the Football League.[1]

References

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