John Smith (footballer, born 1939)

John Smith
Personal information
Date of birth	4 January 1939
Place of birth	Shoreditch, London, England
Date of death	February 1988 (aged 49)
Place of death	Brent, England
Position(s)	Wing half, inside forward
Youth career
–1956	West Ham United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1956–1960	West Ham United
1960–1964	Tottenham Hotspur
1964–1965	Coventry City
1965–1966	Leyton Orient
1966–1968	Torquay United
1968–1971	Swindon Town
1971–1972	Walsall
1973–1974	Dundalk F.C.
Total
Managerial career
1972–1973	Walsall
1973–1974	Dundalk
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Smith (4 January 1939 – February 1988) was an English footballer.

Born in Shoreditch, London, Smith was a product of the Academy of West Ham United. He played for the east London club between 1956 and 1960, playing right half and inside right, and was a key figure in the team that won the Second Division in 1957-58. He made 136 appearances for the club, scoring 23 goals.^[2]^[3]

Smith transferred to Tottenham Hotspur, where he was one of 17 players to represent the club in their Double winning season of 1960–61.^[4] Smith played in the Swindon Town side which beat Arsenal in the 1969 Football League Cup Final.^[5]

At the time of his death he was the steward of McVitie's social club in Park Royal, north west London.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

^ "John Smith". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 189. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
^ Northcutt, John; Marsh, Steve (2015). West Ham United: The Complete Record. deCoubertin Books. pp. 520–521. ISBN 978-1-909245-27-3.
^ The Double squad Retrieved 15 April 2014
^ Smith, Maurice (16 March 1969). "ROGERS... AND OUT!". The People. Retrieved 14 November 2017 – via Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk.