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Full name John Smith
Date of birth January 4, 1939(1939-01-04)
Place of birth Shoreditch, London, England
Date of death 1988
Playing position Forward
Youth clubs
-1956 West Ham United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1956-1960West Ham United 127 (20)
1960-1964Tottenham Hotspur 21 (1)
1964-1965Coventry City 35 (1)
1965-1966Leyton Orient 39 (3)
1966-1968Torquay United 68 (8)
1968-1971Swindon Town 84 (9)
1971-1972 Walsall 13 (1)
John Smith (1939-1988) was a footballer, a West Ham Academy product who was born in Shoreditch, London. He made 136 appearances for the club between 1956 and 1960, playing right half and inside right. He scored 23 goals for the East London club before being transferred to Tottenham Hotspur. Smith played in the Swindon Town side which beat Arsenal in the 1969 League Cup Final.
Before joining Swindon from Torquay for £7,000 in June 1968, Smith had been an England under-23 international. He proved to be one of the final pieces in the jigsaw of the team who won the League Cup, and gained promotion to Division Two.
Smith was instrumental in that League Cup success, playing in every match and scoring three goals en route to the final, including two in the semi final matches with Burnley.
He left the Town in June 1971, when he joined Walsall, where he later became manager.
At the time of his death he was the steward of McVitie's social club in Park Royal, North West London.
