Max Smith (footballer)

Max Smith
Max Smith
Personal information
Full name	Max Smith
Date of birth	21 December 1917
Date of death	27 October 1941 (aged 23)
Original team(s)	Werribee
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Max Smith (21 December 1917 – 27 October 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

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.^[2] He was struck by a ball which deflected off the bat onto his temple.^[2] The ball was bowled by Clive Smith, a former North Melbourne footballer, who was his younger brother.^[1]^[2]

Notes

1 2 Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 830. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
1 2 3 "Cricket Field Fatality". Werribee Shire Banner. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

External links

Max Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Max Smith at AustralianFootball.com

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[encyc-1] 1 2 Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 830. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[Cricket-2] 1 2 3 "Cricket Field Fatality". Werribee Shire Banner. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 3 September 2015.