About Cliff Smailes
Lived 1930 – 2005 (aged 74–75). Cliff Smailes was an Australian rugby league player.
Clifford Smailes (1930–2005) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s.
Cliff 'Cec' Smailes played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs for four years between 1950 and 1953. He won a premiership with the club when he played wing in the 1950 Grand Final. Smailes also played in the Souths team that were runners up in 1952 and scored a try in the match. He played one season at Western Suburbs Magpies in 1956 before retiring.
Cliff Smailes died on 13 July 2005, aged 75.
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Who was Cliff Smailes?
Australian rugby league footballer
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Cliff Smailes was born in 1930 in New South Wales.
When did Cliff Smailes die?
Cliff Smailes died in 2005.
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Cliff Smailes was a rugby league player.
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Cliff Smailes was Australian.
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