Harry Smith (footballer born 1930)

:"For other people of the same name, see Harry Smith"Football player infobox
playername = Harry Smith


fullname = Henry Stuart Smith
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1930|8|27
cityofbirth = Chester
countryofbirth = England
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position = Inside forward
youthyears = 1944–1946
1946–1949
youthclubs = Chester
Liverpool
years = 1949–c.1950
c.1950–1958
1958–?
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clubs = Connah's Quay Nomads
Chester
Flint Town United
Pwllheli
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0 73 0 (7)
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Henry 'Harry' Smith (born August 27 1930, Chester) is a former English footballer who played as an inside forward. He made 73 appearances in The Football League for his local club of Chester in the 1950s.

Playing Career

Smith spent time on the books of Chester and Liverpool after leaving school and then had a spell with Connah's Quay Nomads after serving with the Royal Air Force."Player Memories", Chester City v Shrewsbury Town matchday programme, 18/2/95, p 15] In the early 1950s he rejoined Chester, initially as an amateur and then as a part time professional from 1955 as he combined playing with working as a milkman.

He made his league debut on the final day of 1952–53 against Barrow and went on to score seven times in his 73 league appearances in the next five years. His final league appearance came against Hartlepools United on December 28 1957, after which he left the club to set up his own milk business. Smith dropped into non–league football with Flint Town United and then played for Pwllheli.

Honours

Chester
* Welsh Cup runners–up: 1954–55 (played in final replay). [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= stats section (54-55) |publisher=Yore Publications|id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6]

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