Ron Smith (footballer, born 1936)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ronald Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1954 | Stoke City | ||
| 1955–1957 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1959 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1959–1961 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 36 | (6) |
| 1961–1963 | Crewe Alexandra | 90 | (11) |
| 1963–1965 | Port Vale | 59 | (6) |
| 1965–1967 | Southport | 79 | (14) |
| 1967–1970 | Altrincham | 93 | (14) |
| 1975–19?? | Formby | ||
| Total | 357 | (51) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ronald Smith (born 7 June 1936) is an English former footballer who played on the left-wing. He scored 62 goals in 426 appearances over a thirteen-year career.
Failing to make the grade at Liverpool, he transferred to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in 1959. He spent two years with the cub before moving to Crewe Alexandra in July 1961. He helped Crewe to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1962–63, before he was sold on to Port Vale for a £6,500 fee in October 1963. In April 1965 he was allowed to join Southport, where he again won promotion out of the fourth tier in 1966–67. Following this he joined Altrincham, where he lifted the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup in 1970.
Smith had trials with Stoke City, but after his discharge from National service he was signed to Liverpool on amateur terms in 1955. He turned professional in 1957, but left the club for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in 1959, having never turned out for the first team. He made his debut for Bournemouth in the Third Division against Reading in October 1959. He scored three goals in ten games in 1959–60, two goals coming from penalty kicks. He scored four times in thirty games in 1960–61, before he was transferred to Fourth Division side Crewe Alexandra in July 1961.
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