About Bernard Smith
Born 1908. Bernard Smith was a British association football player.
Bernard Smith (1908 – after 1938) was an English professional footballer who made 68 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham and Coventry City. He played as a left back.
Smith was born in Sileby, Leicestershire. He played for Loughborough Corinthians, and after an unsuccessful trial with Derby County, joined Birmingham in February 1932.
At the start of the 1932–33 season, Birmingham's regular left back Ned Barkas was recovering from an appendicitis operation, so left-half Jimmy Cringan took his position. Cringan broke a collarbone in his first game, and was replaced by reserve left-back Jack Randle, who played four games
Smith moved on to Coventry City in August 1935, and contributed to their Third Division South championship in his first season.
Honours with Coventry City Football League Third Division South champions: 1935–36
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Who was Bernard Smith?
English professional footballer (born 1908)
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Bernard Smith was born in 1908 in Sileby.
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Bernard Smith was an association football player.
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