Arthur Smith (footballer, born 1879)

Arthur Digby Smith (16 November 1879 – 28 October 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.825.

Family The son of John Digby Smith (1829–1916),Death: Smith, The Gippsland Mercury, (Friday, 12 May 1916), p.2. and Ann Eliza Smith (-1915), née Gibson,Death: Smith, The Bairnsdale Advertiser, (Saturday, 13 March 1915), p.2. Arthur Digby Smith was born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 16 November 1879.

He married Katherine Hooper (1892–1929) on 29 October 1914.Marriages: Smith—Hooper, The Argus, (Saturday, 19 December 1914), p.11.Deaths: Smith, The Argus, (Saturday, 5 October 1929), p.13.

Football He played his first senior game for South Melbourne against St Kilda on 4 May 1901.A Good Hard Game, The Argus, (monday, 6 May 1901), p.11.

Death He died at a private hospital in Caulfield, Victoria on 28 October 1963.

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