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Stephen Smith (20 February 1899 – 27 December 1994) was a Scottish association football goalkeeper who began his career in the United States and ended it with Aberdeen.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1899[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 27 December 1994 (aged 95) | ||
| Place of death | Pinellas, Florida, United States[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hall Russell's | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1922 | Chicago Thistle | ||
| 1922–1923 | Chicago All Scots | ||
| 1923–1930 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 246 | (0) |
| 1930–1938 | Aberdeen | 235 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
In 1921, Smith joined Thistle, a team in the Association Football League, an ethnically British league in Chicago. A year later, he was with the All Scots in the same league. At the time, Chicago teams would tour during the off-season and Smith came to the attention of the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League. They signed him for the 1923–24 season, but he saw time in only nine games. He became the regular starter the next season, a position he held for much of the next five years. Over the course of his career with the Wanderers, he played 246 league, 11 National Challenge Cup and 12 League Cup games. In 1930, Smith returned to his native Scotland and joined Aberdeen F.C. where he finished his career in 1938.[2]
Career statistics
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edit| Club | Seasons | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brooklyn Wanderers | 1923-1930 | National Association Football League | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 246 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 269 | 0 | ||
| Aberdeen | 1930-31 | Scottish Division One | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 37 | 0 |
| 1931-32 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 38 | 0 | ||
| 1932-33 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 41 | 0 | ||
| 1933-34 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 37 | 0 | ||
| 1934-35 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 43 | 0 | ||
| 1935-36 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1936-37 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 234 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | 258 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 480 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 527 | 0 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b c Steve Smith, AFC Heritage Trust
- ^ [A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players], John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
- ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
External links
edit- Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-3429-4.
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