Thomas Smith (English footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

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| name = Thomas Smith

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| fullname = Thomas Smith

| birth_date = 1869

| birth_place = Ecclesfield, Sheffield, England

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| position = Outside right / inside right

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| years1 = 1889–1890

| clubs1 = Ecclesfield

| years2 = 1891–1892

| clubs2 = Sheffield United

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1892–1900

| clubs3 = Barnsley

| caps3 = 11

| goals3 = 0

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Thomas Smith (1869 – after 1900) was a footballer who played as an outside right or inside right for both Sheffield United and Barnsley in the nineteenth century.

Born in Ecclesfield on the outskirts of Sheffield,{{cite book |author=Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham |title=Sheffield United Who's Who |publisher=Hallamshire Press |year=2008|page=300 |isbn=978-1-874718-69-7}} Smith had played for his local side from 1889 until around 1890. He was signed by Sheffield United in November 1891 but failed to break into the first team and left the following summer. He moved to Barnsley where he played regularly for several seasons and featured in their first season in the Football League, making eleven appearances in the competition all together.