Sidney Norman Smith (25 October 1890 – 26 February 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.833.
Family The son of Frederick Smith (1860–1891),Deaths: Smith, The Geelong Advertiser, (Thursday, 1 October 1891), p.1. and Annie Elizabeth Smith (1863–1939), née Clarke, later Mrs. Archibald James Young,Marriage: Smith—Clarke, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 11 November 1887), p.2.Marriages: Young—Smith, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 11 December 1892), p.1. Sidney Norman Smith was born at Geelong on 25 October 1890.
He married Ivy Kathleen Keene (1892–1973) on 2 May 1918.Marriages: Smith—Keene, The Argus, (Saturday, 6 July 1918), p.13. Their son (also "Sid Smith") played for Geelong in 1952 and 1953.
Football Recruited from the Barwon Football Club in the local Geelong and District Football Association (GDFA),Geelong Junior Competition, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 1 May 1911), p.6. he played five senior VFL games for Geelong, in the first five rounds of the 1911 season, and then returned to play with the Barwon club.Football: Barwon v. East Geelong, The Geelong Advertiser, (Friday, 27 September 1912), p.6.
Death He died in a private Geelong hospital on 26 February 1952,Deaths: Smith, The Age, (Wednesday, 27 February 1952), p.13. and was buried at the Geelong Western Public Cemetery.Funeral Notices: Smith, The Age, (Wednesday, 27 February 195), p.13.
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