About Whacker Smith
Lived 1878 – 1940 (aged 61). Whacker Smith was a rugby union player.
Charles Albert "Whacker" Smith (18 July 1878 – 20 January 1940) was an English international rugby union player.
Smith was the son of a corn porter and hailed from Gloucester.
Known by the nickname "Whacker", Smith was a strongly built, red–haired wing three–quarter. He proved a consistent try scorer for his club Gloucester RFC, crossing over the line 142 times from 270 matches, in a career spanning 1897 to 1908. This included a record eight tries in a match against Clifton in the 1901-02 season.
Smith gained a single England cap, appearing against Wales at Cardiff in 1901.
A labourer by trade, Smith worked for a timber merchants. He died of influenza in 1940, aged 61.
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Whacker Smith was born on 18 July 1878.
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Whacker Smith died on 20 January 1940.
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Whacker Smith was a rugby union player.
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