Dave Smith (footballer born 1943)

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Personal information
Dave Smith
Full name	David Bruce Smith
Date of birth	November 14, 1943 (1943-11-14) (age 64)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1961–1966 1966–1974 1974–1975 1975–1976 1976 1976 1976–1980 1980–1981 1981 1981–198?	Aberdeen Rangers Arbroath Arcadia Shephers Seattle Sounders Los Angeles Aztecs Berwick Rangers Meadowbank Thistle Hamilton Academical Huntly	133 0(8) 195 0(8) 020 0(0) 157 (11) 011 0(0) 006 0(0)
National team
1966–1968	Scotland	002 0(0)
Teams managed
1976–1980 1981–198?	Berwick Rangers Huntly Gala Fairydean Whitehill Welfare
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

David "Dave" Bruce Smith (born 14 November 1943 in Aberdeen) is a former professional football player and manager.

Primarily a left sided midfielder, Smith started his playing career for Aberdeen and moved to Rangers in August 1966 for a fee of £50,000. During his time at Ibrox he made 303 appearances winning the Scottish League Cup in 1971, the Scottish Cup in 1973 and most notably the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1972. That year he was voted the Scottish Football Writers' Association's Player of the year. During his time at Rangers he collected two Scottish caps.

Smith left Ibrox in November 1974 for Arbroath, where he took-up a player-coach role. He went on to become a player-manager at Berwick Rangers in 1976 and while there he transformed the clubs fortunes, guiding them to the Scottish Second Division championship in 1979. He left Berwick in 1980 and subsequently managed Huntly, Gala Fairydean and Whitehill Welfare.

Smith spent one close season during his career playing for the Seattle Sounders and the Los Angeles Aztecs in the NASL and is also known to have played in South Africa. His brother Doug was also a professional footballer, who spent his entire career with Dundee United.

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Rangers hall of fame

Preceded by Martin Buchan	Scottish Football Writers' Association Player of the Year 1972	Succeeded by George Connelly

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