Alan Smith (footballer, born 1939)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Alan Smith

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1939|6|8|df=y}}

|birth_place = Birkenhead, England

|death_date = {{death date and age|2016|8|27|1939|6|8|df=y}}

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|position = Centre half

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|youthclubs1 = Port Sunlight

|years1 = 1957–1969

|clubs1 = Torquay United

|caps1 = 278

|goals1 = 2

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Alan Smith (8 June 1939 – 27 August 2016){{Cite web |url=http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/torquay-united-alan-smith-8211-a-stalwart-for-the-gulls-in-the-1950s-and-60s-8211-dies-at-the-age-of-77/story-29692565-detail/story.html |title=TORQUAY UNITED: Alan Smith – a stalwart for the Gulls in the 1950s and 60s – dies at the age of 77 |access-date=7 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908220827/http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/torquay-united-alan-smith-8211-a-stalwart-for-the-gulls-in-the-1950s-and-60s-8211-dies-at-the-age-of-77/story-29692565-detail/story.html |archive-date=8 September 2016 |url-status=dead }} was an English professional footballer who spent his entire professional career with Torquay United, making 278 appearances in the English Football League.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player10/alansmith.html|title=Profile|accessdate=1 September 2014|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database}}