Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933)

This article is about the England international footballer. For other footballers called Bobby Smith, see Robert Smith#Association football.

Bobby Smith
Smith in 1991
Personal information
Full name Robert Alfred Smith
Date of birth (1933-02-22)22 February 1933
Place of birth Lingdale, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of death 18 September 2010(2010-09-18) (aged 77)
Place of death Enfield, London, England
Position(s) Centre-forward
Youth career
Redcar Boys Club
Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1955 Chelsea 74 (23)
1955–1964 Tottenham Hotspur 271 (176)
1964–1965 Brighton & Hove Albion 31 (19)
1965–1967 Hastings United
Total 376 (218)
International career
1960–1963 England 15 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Tottenham Hotspur in 1960 with Danny Blanchflower (captain) and both goalkeepers, Bill Brown and John Hollowbread, in the team with Cecil Poynton as trainer and Bill Nicholson as manager. Bobby Smith is from left the second player standing.

Robert Alfred Smith (22 February 1933 – 18 September 2010) was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton and Hove Albion and England. He finished as the First Division's top scorer in the 1957–58 season and he is Tottenham Hotspur's third-highest goal scorer with 208 goals.