Full name Max Smith Name Max Smith Years Club | Height/Weight 177 cm / 78 kg Original team(s) Werribee | |
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Date of birth (1917-12-21)21 December 1917 Date of death 27 October 1941(1941-10-27) (aged 23) | ||
Max Smith (21 December 1917 – 27 October 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Smith died on 27 October 1941 as a result of an injury sustained while batting in a cricket match for Werribee South two days earlier. He was struck by a ball which deflected off the bat onto his temple. The ball was bowled by Clive Smith, a former North Melbourne footballer, who was his younger brother.
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