Billy Smith (footballer, born 1895)

Billy Smith
Personal information
Full name William Henry Smith
Date of birth (1895-05-23)23 May 1895
Place of birth Tantobie, England
Date of death 13 April 1951(1951-04-13) (aged 55)
Place of death Huddersfield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1914–1934 Huddersfield Town 521 (126)
1934–1935 Rochdale
International career
1922–1928 England 3 (0)
Managerial career
1934–1935 Rochdale (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Henry Smith (23 May 1895 – 13 April 1951) was a professional footballer who played most of his career at Huddersfield Town.

He is one of Huddersfield's all-time top goal-scorers with 126 goals in his career between 1913 and 1934. Smith scored Huddersfield's winning goal in the 1922 FA Cup Final against Preston North End at Stamford Bridge. He also won three caps for England. He was also the first person to score from a corner in a match against Arsenal in October 1924.[2] He made 574 appearances for the Terriers, scoring 126 goals.

  1. ^ Woolwinder (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Huddersfield Town". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  2. ^ Marshall-Bailey, Tom (18 July 2014). "Huddersfield Town greats: William 'Billy' Smith". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.