John Smith (footballer)

John Smith
	John Smith
Personal information
Full name	John Smith
Date of birth	January 4, 1939
Place of birth	Shoreditch, London, England
Date of death	1988
Playing position	wing half & inside forward
Youth clubs
-1956	West Ham United
Senior clubs1
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only.; * Appearances (Goals)

For the nineteenth century Scottish footballer, see John Smith (footballer born 1855).

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 where he was one of 17 players to represent the club in their Double winning season of 1960-61 ^[1] . Smith played in the Swindon Town side which beat Arsenal in the 1969 Football League Cup Final.

At the time of his death he was the steward of McVitie's social club in Park Royal, North West London.

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Personal information
John Smith
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	wing half & inside forward
Youth clubs
-1956	West Ham United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1956-1960 1960-1964 1964-1965 1965-1966 1966-1968 1968-1971 1971-1972	West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur Coventry City Leyton Orient Torquay United Swindon Town Walsall	127 (20) 21 (1) 35 (1) 39 (3) 68 (8) 84 (9) 13 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)