Dave Smith (footballer, born 1943)

For other people with the same name, see Dave Smith (disambiguation).

David Bruce Smith (born 14 November 1943) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.^[1]

Dave Smith

Personal information
Full name	David Bruce Smith
Date of birth	(1943-11-14) 14 November 1943 (age 80)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1966	Aberdeen	133	(8)
1966–1974	Rangers	195	(8)
1974–1975	Arbroath	20	(0)
1975–1976	Arcadia Shepherds F.C.
1976	Seattle Sounders	5	(0)
1976	Los Angeles Aztecs	15	(0)
1976–1980	Berwick Rangers	157	(11)
1980–1981	Meadowbank Thistle	11	(0)
1981	Hamilton Academical	6	(0)
1981–198?	Huntly
International career
1966–1968	Scotland	2	(0)
1966–1970	Scottish League XI	4	(0)
Managerial career
1976–1980	Berwick Rangers
1981–198?	Huntly
1982–1983	Peterhead
	Gala Fairydean
	Whitehill Welfare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Primarily a left sided midfielder, Smith started his playing career for Aberdeen and moved to Rangers in August 1966 for a fee of £50,000. During his time at Ibrox, he made 303 appearances winning the Scottish League Cup in 1971, the Scottish Cup in 1973 and, most notably, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1972.^[2] That year, he was voted the Scottish Football Writers' Association's Player of the year.

During his career he collected two Scotland caps, featuring twice in Friendly matches against the Netherlands^[3]

Coaching career

Smith left Ibrox in November 1974 for Arbroath, where he took up a player-coach role. He went on to become a player-manager at Berwick Rangers in 1976 and, while there, he transformed the club's fortunes, guiding them to the Scottish Second Division championship in 1979. He left Berwick in 1980 and subsequently managed Huntly, Gala Fairydean and Whitehill Welfare.

Smith spent one close season during his career playing for the Seattle Sounders and the Los Angeles Aztecs in the NASL and is also known to have played in South Africa.

Personal life

Smith had two brothers who were also professional footballers: Doug, who spent his entire career with Dundee United, and Hugh, who played for Forfar Athletic and Morton.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5][6][7][8]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen	1961–62	Scottish Division One	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1962–63		31	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	35	3
	1963–64		33	2	4	1	6	0	0	0	43	3
	1964–65		33	0	2	0	6	4	0	0	41	4
	1965–66		34	3	5	0	6	0	0	0	45	3
	1966–67		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		133	8	14	1	19	4	0	0	166	13
Rangers	1966–67	Scottish Division One	34	2	1	0	11	0	9	2	55	4
	1967–68		34	2	5	0	6	0	6	0	51	2
	1968–69		23	2	5	0	4	0	9	1	41	3
	1969–70		25	0	3	0	5	0	2	0	35	0
	1970–71		11	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	15	0
	1971–72		30	1	7	0	0	0	7	0	44	1
	1972–73		29	0	5	0	9	1	0	0	43	1
	1973–74		9	1	1	0	6	1	1	0	17	2
	Total		195	8	30	0	42	2	34	3	301	13
Arbroath	1974–75	Scottish Division One	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
Arcadia Shepherds	1975–76	NFL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Seattle Sounders	1976	NASL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Los Angeles Aztecs	1976	NASL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
Berwick Rangers	1976–77	Scottish Second Division	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1977–78		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1978–79		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1979–80	Scottish First Division	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	1980–81		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total		157	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	157+	11+
Meadowbank Thistle	1980–81	Scottish Second Division	11	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	11+	0+
Hamilton Academical	1980–81	Scottish First Division	6	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	6+	0+
Career total			542+	27+	48+	1+	61+	6+	34	3	685+	37+

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[9]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1966	1	0
	1967	—
	1968	1	0
Total		2	0

Managerial record

^[10]

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	L	D	Win %
Berwick Rangers	1976	1980	180	68	58	54	37.78%

References

1. Dave Smith at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
2. The forgotten story of … Rangers’ 1972 European Cup Winners’ Cup win, Daniel Harris The Guardian, 4 September 2014
3. David Smith at the Scottish Football Association
4. Hannan, Martin (11 December 2012). "Obituary: Doug Smith, footballer and club chairman who had a 44-year association with Dundee United". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
5. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
6. "Rangers Player Dave Smith Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
7. "Dave Smith | Player Statistics | Arbroath (Arbroath Archive)". www.arbroatharchive.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
8. www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/davesmith.html. Retrieved 11 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
9. "David Smith | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
10. "Berwick Rangers Manager Dave Smith Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

External links

• Rangers hall of fame
• NASL stats