Ken Smith (footballer, born 1932)

For the footballer born in 1927, see Ken Smith (footballer born 1927).

Ken Smith

Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Smith
Date of birth	(1932-05-21)21 May 1932
Place of birth	South Shields, County Durham, England
Date of death	June 2011 (2011-07) (aged 79)
Place of death	Hertfordshire, England
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
	Sunderland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1953	Sunderland	5	(2)
1953–1954	Headington United
1954–1957	Blackpool	6	(4)
1957–1958	Shrewsbury Town	44	(20)
1958–1959	Gateshead	45	(18)
1959–1960	Darlington	24	(7)
1960–1961	Carlisle United	14	(12)
1961	Toronto Ukrainians
1961	Toronto Italia
1961	South Shields
1961–1962	Halifax Town	27	(6)
1962–19??	Trowbridge Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Smith (21 May 1932 – June 2011) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward.

Smith played league football between 1952 and 1962 for Sunderland, Blackpool, Shrewsbury Town, Gateshead, Darlington, Carlisle United and Halifax Town. He also played non-league football for Headington United and South Shields. He had spells in Canada in 1961 initially with Toronto Ukrainians in the National Soccer League.^[1] Later throughout the 1961 season he played in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Italia.^[2] After leaving Halifax Town in 1962, Smith joined non-league Trowbridge Town.

References

1. "Concordia Advances To Finals In League Dominion Cup Play". Newspapers.com. The Montreal Gazette. 19 June 1961. p. 21. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
2. Waring, Ed (26 September 1961). "Toronto City Beats Italia, 2-1". The Globe and Mail. p. 19.

Sources

• "allfootballers.com". Retrieved 30 December 2009.
• "Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database". Retrieved 30 December 2009.
• "Ken Smith". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 September 2015.