Athol Smith Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer
Athol Smith Full name Athol William Smith Born (1913-08-27 ) 27 August 1913Died 21 September 1953(1953-09-21) (aged 40) Position Second-row
Club
Years
Team
Pld T G FG P
1935–38
Western Suburbs 45
13
0
0
39
1939–45
Balmain 95
29
0
0
87
19??–??
Souths (Toowoomba)
Total
140
42
0
0
126
Representative
Years
Team
Pld T G FG P
1937
Country NSW 1
0
0
0
0
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1948– 50
Balmain 66
40
6
20
61
Athol William Smith (1913–1953) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. A Country New South Wales representative forward, he played club football in Sydney for Western Suburbs and Balmain (with whom he won the 1939 and 1944 NSWRFL Premierships and also later coached)
Playing career
Balmain Premiers 1939 - Smith 1st row 2nd from right Smith played seven seasons for the Balmain club between 1939 and 1945. He was a dual premiership winner with the Tigers, winning both the 1939 and the 1944 grand finals with them.
He later coached the club between 1948 and 1950.[ 4] [ 5]
Death
Smith died on 21 September, 1953, aged 40.
References
Didn't play for Qld in 1953 - that was another Athol Smith born in 1932
