Jan Smith (footballer)

Jan Smith
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-05-26) 26 May 1956 (age 68)
Original team(s) North Shore / Geelong West
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1980 Geelong 2 (0)
1982 Fitzroy 7 (1)
Total 9 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1982.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jan Smith (born 26 May 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Smith, a defender, played his early football at North Shore, before joining Geelong West in the Victorian Football Association.[1][2] He was a regular in the Geelong West team of the late 1970s, often at full-back, and a VFA representative in 1979.[3]

His debut for Geelong came in the final home and away round of the 1980 VFL season, against Footscray at Waverley Park.[4] Smith had 20 disposals.[4] He next played in Geelong's four point preliminary final loss to Collingwood.[4] Although he missed a grand final, Smith did get to play in Geelong's 1980 reserves premiership team.[5] He played in another reserves premiership in 1981, but didn't make a senior appearance all year.[4][5] In 1982 he went to Fitzroy, where he played seven senior games.[4]

He returned to Geelong West once his VFL career came to an end, then in 1985 was appointed coach of North Shore.[1][6]

  1. ^ a b "1985". North Shore Seagulls. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. ^ "Football Honour Boards". Geelong West St Peters Football Club. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Jan Smith". AFL Tables.
  5. ^ a b "Reserves". Geelong Football Club. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  6. ^ The Age, "Roosters end Port's reign", 12 September 1983, p. 25