Date of birth 16 June 1907 Years Team Playing position | Date of death 1990 (aged 82–83) Place of birth Hounslow, England Name Cecil Smith | |
Full name Cecil Sydney Frank Smith | ||
Cecil Sydney Frank Smith (16 June 1907 – 1990) was an English football left half who appeared in the Football League for Brentford and Doncaster Rovers.
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Brentford
Smith began his career at non-league side Brentford Market and joined the club's local Football League Division Three South side Brentford in August 1931. He failed to make an appearance during the 1931–32 and 1932–33 seasons, by which time the Bees had been promoted to Division Two. Smith finally made his debut midway through the 1933–34 season, in a 3–2 defeat to West Ham United on 6 January 1934. He missed the entire 1934–35 season, in which Brentford secured promotion to Division One for the first time in the club's history, though he did win the London Challenge Cup with the reserve team. Smith made two appearances in Division One, a 0–0 draw with Liverpool in April 1936 and in a 2–0 defeat to Grimsby Town that October. He departed Griffin Park in November 1936, having made just three first team appearances in five years.
Doncaster Rovers
Smith joined Division Two strugglers Doncaster Rovers in November 1936. The club suffered relegation to the Division Three North at the end of the 1936/37 season, but challenged for the title during the following campaign. Smith made 68 appearances and scored two goals before leaving in 1938.
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Brentford