Frederick Edward "Fred" Smith (born 7 May 1926) is a retired English footballer who played at centre forward for various clubs, most particularly Sheffield United and Grimsby Town, in the 1940s and 1950s. Smith was born in Draycott, Derbyshire and started his professional career at Derby County before joining Sheffield United in March 1948.

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  • Centre forward
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  • 1926-05-07 (xsd:date)
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  • 1926-05-07 (xsd:date)
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  • Frederick Edward "Fred" Smith (born 7 May 1926) is a retired English footballer who played at centre forward for various clubs, most particularly Sheffield United and Grimsby Town, in the 1940s and 1950s. Smith was born in Draycott, Derbyshire and started his professional career at Derby County before joining Sheffield United in March 1948. His most prolific season for the "Blades" was 1949–50, when he scored 16 goals from 29 league appearances, helping United finish third in the Second Division, missing out on promotion to arch-rivals Sheffield Wednesday by the narrowest of margins, 0.008 on goal average. After five seasons with Sheffield United, he joined Manchester City in May 1952, moving on to Grimsby Town in September. At Grimsby, playing in the Third Division North, he scored 24 goals from 50 League appearances in two years, before spending one season with Bradford City.
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  • 1 (0)
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  • 53 (18)
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  • 2 (1)
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  • 50 (24)
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  • 9 (3)
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  • England
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  • August 2009
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  • Frederick Edward Smith
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  • Fred Smith
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  • 1947–1948
  • 1948–1952
  • 1952–1954
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  • Draycott
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  • Frederick Edward "Fred" Smith (born 7 May 1926) is a retired English footballer who played at centre forward for various clubs, most particularly Sheffield United and Grimsby Town, in the 1940s and 1950s. Smith was born in Draycott, Derbyshire and started his professional career at Derby County before joining Sheffield United in March 1948.
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  • Fred Smith (footballer born 1926)
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  • Fred Smith
  • Frederick Edward Smith
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