John Smith (footballer, born 1939)

John Smith
Personal information
Full name	John Smith
Date of birth	4 January 1939
Place of birth	Shoreditch, London, England
Date of death	1988 (aged 48–49)
Position(s)	wing half & inside forward
Youth career
-1956	West Ham United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1956-1960	West Ham United
1960-1964	Tottenham Hotspur
1964-1965	Coventry City
1965-1966	Leyton Orient
1966-1968	Torquay United
1968-1971	Swindon Town
1971-1972	Walsall
1973-1974	Dundalk F.C.
Managerial career
1972–1973	Walsall
1973–1974	Dundalk
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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John Smith (1939–1988) was a footballer, a West Ham Academy product who was born in Shoreditch, London. He made 136 appearances for the club between 1956 and 1960, playing right half and inside right. He scored 23 goals for the east London club before being transferred to Tottenham Hotspur where he was one of 17 players to represent the club in their Double winning season of 1960-61.^[1] Smith played in the Swindon Town side which beat Arsenal in the 1969 Football League Cup Final.

At the time of his death he was the steward of McVitie's social club in Park Royal, North West London.

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