Dick Smith (footballer, born 1889)
{{short description|English footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dick Smith
| image =
| birth_place = Stoke-upon-Trent, England
| death_place = Stoke-on-Trent, England
| position = Forward
| years1 = – | clubs1 = Newcastle Town |caps1 = |goals1 =
| years2 = 1913–1915 | clubs2 = Stoke |caps2 = 32 |goals2 = 20
}}
Richard Smith (1889 – 1939) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}
Career
Smith was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played amateur football with Newcastle Town before joining Stoke in 1913. In his first season with the club Smith hit ten goals in the Southern League and managed the same amount the following season helping the club win the league and with it re-gaining their place in the Football League. He left the club at the end of the season and joined the army.
Career statistics
Honours
; Stoke:
- Southern Football League Division Two champion: 1914–15