Athol Smith

Athol Smith
Personal information
Full name Athol William Smith
Born 29 April 1915
Lismore, New South Wales
Died 1 December 1980(1980-12-01) (aged 66)
Forest Lodge, New South Wales
Playing information
Position Forward

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1935–38 Wests (Sydney) 45 13 39
1939–45 Balmain 95 29 87
19??–?? Souths (Toowoomba)
Total 140 42 0 0 126
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1937 Country NSW 1 0 0 0 0
1953 Queensland
Coaching information

Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1948–50 Balmain
Source: [1][2][3]

Athol William Smith (1915–1980) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s. A Queensland and Country New South Wales representative forward, he played club football in Sydney for Western Suburbs and Balmain (with whom he won the 1939 and 1944 NSWRFL Premierships and also later coached), as well as in Toowoomba for Souths.

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.[4] In 1953, whilst playing for Toowoomba's Souths club, Smith was selected to play for Queensland against the touring United States team.[5]

Athol Smith died on 1 December 1980, aged 65.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ Whiticker/Hudson
  3. ↑ Rugby League Project Coaches
  4. ↑ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League players - 1995 ( ISBN 1875169571)
  5. ↑ "Qld Rep Players". qrl.com.au. Queensland Rugby League. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  6. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 3/12/1980
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