Athol Smith
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Full name | Athol William Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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29 April 1915 Lismore, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
1 December 1980 66) Forest Lodge, New South Wales | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Athol William Smith (1915-1980) was an Australian rugby league player from the 1940s, a two-time premiership winner and later a coach in New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.
Athol Smith played seven seasons for the Balmain Tigers between 1939 and 1945. He was a dual premiership winner with the Tigers, winning both the 1939 and the 1944 grand finals with them. He later coached the club between 1948-1950. [1] In 1953, whilst playing for Toowoomba's Souths club, Smith was selected to play for Queensland against the touring United States team.[2]
Athol Smith died on 1 December 1980, aged 65.[3]
References
- ↑ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League players - 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
- ↑ "Qld Rep Players". qrl.com.au. Queensland Rugby League. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 3/12/1980
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