Rodney Smithson

Rodney Smithson
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-10-09)9 October 1943
Place of birth Leicester, England
Date of death 21 August 2024(2024-08-21) (aged 80)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1964 Arsenal 2 (0)
1964–1975 Oxford United 156 (6)
1975–? Witney Town
Managerial career
1975–? Witney Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rodney Smithson (9 October 1943 – August 2024) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender for Oxford United and Arsenal. While at Oxford, he played 156 league games.[1] After retirement, he went on to be player-manager at Witney Town.[2] Smithson died in August 2024, at the age of 80.[3]

  1. ^ "Oxford United". Neil Brown. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  2. ^ Brodetsky, Martin (2009). Oxford United The Complete Record. Breedon Books. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-85983-715-3.
  3. ^ "RIP Rodney Smithson 1943-2024 | Oxford United Football Club". www.oufc.co.uk.