Alex Smith (footballer, born 1944), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Alex Smith (footballer, born 1944)

English footballer, born 1944

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1944

Place of Birth: Billingham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Alex Smith (footballer, born 1944)

  • Robert Alexander Smith is the current kit manager at Middlesbrough, a football club in the English Coca Cola Championship.
  • He was previously a football player for several years with the same club and a player manager of Welsh club Bangor City. An apprentice fitter before he became a footballer, Smith was on the books at Middlesbrough for four years before he made his first team debut.
  • His debut came as a substitute in a 4–2 win over Bristol City in March 1966.
  • He was in and out of the side for much of his career.
  • He was transfer listed in May 1967 but stuck around, turning down a move to Blackburn Rovers in September 1971. Smith eventually left Teesside in June 1972, becoming player-manager of Welsh side Bangor City.
  • He returned to league football with Darlington in 1974. He later fixed his sights on Non-League football, where his posts included a stint as player-coach with the Guisborough Town side that reached the FA Vase final, as well as being assistant to former Middlesbrough defender Peter Creamer at Evenwood Town in 1991.
  • He later ran a sports shop, before returning to Middlesbrough during the 1996–97 season as their kit manager.

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