Background

Smith was born in Lingdale, North Yorkshire, and was spotted by Chelsea when playing for Redcar Boys" Club and signed professional for the London club in 1950.

Career

He scored 23 League goals in 74 appearances, and 7 FA Cup goals in 12 appearances. Despite the fact he never really became established as a regular with Chelsea between 1950 and 1955, Tottenham Hotspur paid £18,000 for his transfer in December 1955. Smith played for Brighton and Hove Albion from 1964 to 1965, scoring 19 goals in 31 appearances.

He played for England from 1961 to 1964, scoring 13 goals.

He died on 18 September 2010 following a short illness at a hospital in Enfield, London.

Achievements

• Smith was an integral part of Bill Nicholson"s famous double winning Tottenham team of 1960/1961 (scoring in the final of the FA Cup), which went onto retain the FA Cup in 1962 (scoring in the Final again) and win the 1963 Union of European Football Associations Cup Winners" Cup. Smith won 15 full international caps for England which included two goals in the 9-3 defeat of Scotland at Wembley in 1961. Smith published a book in 2002 to celebrate his achievements, Memories of Spurs, with a foreword by Jimmy Greaves.