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Charles Eastlake Smith Personal information Full name Charles Eastlake Smith Date of birth 1850 Place of birth Colombo, Ceylon Date of death 10 January 1917 (Aged 66) Place of death Bromley, England Playing position Forward Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Crystal Palace Wanderers National team 1876 England 1 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). Charles Eastlake Smith (1850 – 10 January 1917) was an English amateur footballer who played for Crystal Palace and England.[1] By profession, he was an insurance clerk.[2]
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Early life
Smith was born in Colombo, Ceylon in 1850 the son of James and Matilda Smith. His father James had been born in Scotland and was an East Indian Merchant.[1][3] He was educated at Rossall School in Lancashire and played in the school football XI in 1869 and 1870[2] being captain in his final year.[4]
Football
Smith played for Crystal Palace and later Wanderers[5] as a forward; in 1876 he won an international cap when he played for England against Scotland.[1]
Smith served on the F.A. committee between 1875 and 1876.[4]
Family
Smith was the cousin of fellow England international, Gilbert Smith.[4]
Smith married Lizzie Cooper in Lewisham in 1880.[6] They had a son Claude Eastlake Smith and a daughter Gladys Shirley Eastlake Smith who became a tennis player and was an Olympic gold medalist in 1908.
Smith died in Bromley, London on 10 January 1917.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Charles Eastlake Smith profile". England players. www.englandstats.com. http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=882. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "Charles Smith". England Players. www.englandfootballonline.com. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersS/BioSmithCE.html. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ 1881 Census of Lewisham, RG12/768, Folio 70, Page 23, Charles E Smith, Longton Grove, Lewisham.
- ^ a b c Betts, Graham (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 221. ISBN 1-9050-0963-1.
- ^ Cavallini, Rob (2005). The Wanderers F.C. – "Five times F.A. Cup winners". Dog N Duck Publications. p. 112. ISBN 0-9550-4960-1.
- ^ General Register Office index of marriages deaths registered in April, May, June, 1880 - Name: Charles Eastlake Smith = Lizzie Cooper; District: Lewisham; Volume: 1D; Page: 1199.
Categories:- 1850 births
- 1917 deaths
- English footballers
- England international footballers
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Wanderers F.C. players
- Pre-1914 association football players
- Old Rossallians
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