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Vin Smith

Vin Smith

Australian rules footballer

Alfred Vincent Smith (23 January 1914 – 17 February 1995) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

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Hawthorn granted Smith a clearance to the Brocklesby Football Club, NSW[2] where they finish 3rd in 1937 and 4th in 1938[3] in the Albury & District Football League with Smith as their captain / coach.

Smith was runner up Albury & DFL best and fairest award in 1937[4] and finished 3rd in the 1938 medal.[5]

Smith played with Sandringham Football Club in 1939[6] and 1940, prior to enlisting with the AIF in World War Two.[7]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 834. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. [2]
    "1937 - At Hawthorn". The Argus. 28 April 1937. p. 17. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    "1938 - Brocklesby Eliminated". The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register (NSW). 26 August 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. [4]
    "1937 - Ovens & Murray". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 18 August 1937. p. 16. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. [5]
    "1938 - Best & Fairest Player". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW0. 15 August 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. [6]
    "1939 - SANDRINGHAM SHOW PROMISE". The Herald. 3 April 1939. p. 22. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  7. [7]
    "1940 - Football loss by Sandringham". The Herald. 24 January 1940. p. 19. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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