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Jack Smart (footballer)

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Jack Smart
Personal information
Birth name John Smart
Date of birth Unknown
Place of birth Kingswood, England
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
????–1905 Bristol East
1905–1910 Bristol Rovers 105 (3)
1910–???? Reading
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John 'Jack' Smart was a professional footballer who played for Bristol Rovers and Reading in the early twentieth century. He was born in Kingswood in what is now South Gloucestershire and after starting out with Bristol East went on to play 105 games for Bristol Rovers in the Southern League, scoring twice. He moved to Reading from Rovers in 1910. Unfortunately Smart disappeared after being sent to war, it is widely believed he was killed.

Sources

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  • Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. p. 492. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.