Stanley Smith (rugby league, born 1937)


Stanley "Stan" Smith was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity, and Bramley, as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

Background

Stan Smith's birth was registered in Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he was a pupil at Manygates Secondary Modern School in the late 1940s, and early 1950s, he worked at West Riding Bus Company, he lived on Agbrigg Road, Wakefield, he was on the committee of Duke of York ARLFC, Agbrigg Road, Sandal, Wakefield, and he died aged 75.

Playing career

Stan Smith played, i.e. number 5, in Wakefield Trinity's 20-24 defeat by Leeds in the 1958–59 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1958–59 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 18 October 1958.

Contemporaneous description

Genealogical information

Stan Smith's marriage to Molly was registered between January and March 1961 in Wakefield district. Smith's wife Molly is the middle sister of Peggy who married Albert Firth, and Lily who married Leslie Chamberlain.

Note

During the late 1920 and 1930s there was a rugby league footballer who played for Wakefield Trinity, Leeds, England and Great Britain who was also called Stanley "Stan" Smith. These Stanley "Stan" Smith's are clearly not the same person, nor were they related.