Jan Smith (footballer)
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Jan Smith | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 26 May 1956 | ||
Original team(s) | North Shore / Geelong West | ||
Height/Weight | 191 cm / 89 kg | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1980 1982 Total - |
Geelong Fitzroy |
2 (0) 7 (1) 9 (1) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1982 season.
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Jan Smith (born 26 May 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Smith, a defender, played his early football at North Shore, before joining Geelong West in the Victorian Football Association.[1][2] He was a regular in the Geelong West team of the late 1970s, often at full-back, and a VFA representative in 1979.[3]
His debut for Geelong came in the final home and away round of the 1980 VFL season, against Footscray at Waverley Park.[4] Smith had 20 disposals.[4] He next played in Geelong's four point preliminary final loss to Collingwood.[4] Although he missed a grand final, Smith did get to play in Geelong's 1980 reserves premiership team.[5] He played in another reserves premiership in 1981, but didn't make a senior appearance all year.[4][5] In 1982 he went to Fitzroy, where he played seven senior games.[4]
He returned to Geelong West once his VFL career came to an end, then in 1985 was appointed coach of North Shore.[1][6]
References
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- ↑ The Age, "Roosters end Port's reign", 12 September 1983, p. 25
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