Bernard Smith

Defender, Football player

1908 – 1938

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Who was Bernard Smith?

Bernard Smith was an English professional footballer who made 68 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham and Coventry City. He played as a left back.

Smith was born in Sileby, Leicestershire. He played for Loughborough Corinthians, and had an unsuccessful trial with Derby County, joining Birmingham in February 1932.

At the start of the 1932-33 season, Birmingham's regular left back Ned Barkas was recovering from an appendicitis operation, so left-half Jimmy Cringan took his position. Cringan broke a collarbone in his first game, and was replaced by reserve left-back Jack Randle, who played four games before Smith, the second reserve, was drafted in for his debut at Derby County on 17 September 1932, which finished as a 2–2 draw. This was the first of a run of games, but when the experienced Barkas returned to the side Smith could not dislodge him.

Smith moved on to Coventry City in August 1935, and contributed to their Third Division South championship in his first season. He played 56 league games for Coventry, and retired in 1939.

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Born
1908
Sileby
Lived in
  • Sileby
Died
1938

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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