Dave Smith
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- Dave Smith (footballer born 1905)Dave Smith (footballer born 1905)David Lamont "Dave" Smith was a Scottish professional association football player of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Coatbridge, he joined Gillingham from Hamilton Academical in 1929 and went on to make 26 appearances for the club in The Football League. He left to join Brentford in 1931.-References:...
, Scottish football goalkeeper - Dave Smith (footballer born 1933), Scottish football fullback for clubs including Burnley, managed several clubs in the 1970s/1980s
- Dave Smith (American football coach) (1933–2009), former Texas A&M quarterback and SMU coach
- Dave Smith (fullback) (born 1937), former American collegiate and Houston Oilers football player
- Dave Smith (footballer born 1943)Dave Smith (footballer born 1943)David "Dave" Bruce Smith is a former professional football player and manager.Primarily a left sided midfielder, Smith started his playing career for Aberdeen and moved to Rangers in August 1966 for a fee of £50,000...
, Scotland international football midfielder, played in Scotland (for Aberdeen, Rangers, Berwick, etc.) and in the US, managed Berwick - Dave Smith (running back)Dave Smith (running back)Dave Smith is a former running back in the National Football League.-Career:Smith was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the thirteenth round of the 1970 NFL Draft and played that season with the team. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Utah.-References:...
(born 1947), former Green Bay Packers football player - Dave Smith (wide receiver)Dave Smith (wide receiver)David Lewis Smith is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the eighth round of the 1970 NFL Draft. He played college football at Indiana and Waynesburg.Smith also played for the Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs....
(born 1947), former Pittsburgh Steelers football player - Dave Smith (footballer born 1947)Dave Smith (footballer born 1947)David "Dave" Smith is an English former professional footballer who scored 55 goals from 406 games in the Football League playing as an outside left or left-sided midfielder for Middlesbrough, Lincoln City and Rotherham United.-Career:...
, English football midfielder, played for Lincoln, Rotherham - Dave Smith (footballer born 1950)Dave Smith (footballer born 1950)David Bryan "Dave" Smith was a former professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town, Stockport County, Halifax Town, Cambridge United, Hartlepool United and Gateshead.-References:...
, English football striker, played for clubs including Huddersfield, Cambridge, Hartlepool - Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1914)Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1914)David Merwin Smith was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in and with the Philadelphia Athletics. He batted and threw right-handed.-External links:...
(1938-1939), Major League Baseball relief pitcher - Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1955) (1955–2008), Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1957)Dave Smith (pitcher, born 1957)David Wayne Smith is a former professional baseball pitcher. Smith pitched in five games in Major League Baseball in and for the California Angels. He played baseball in college for the Lamar University Cardinals.-References:...
(born 1957), Major League Baseball relief pitcher - Dave Smith (footballer born 1961), English football winger, played for Gillingham, Bristol City, etc.
- Davey Boy SmithDavey Boy SmithDavey Boy Smith was a British professional wrestler, better known as "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, who was born in Golborne in North West England, United Kingdom. Smith is known for his appearances with Stampede Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling...
(1962–2002), British wrestler also known as "The British Bulldog" - Dave Smith (hammer thrower) (born 1962), British Olympic hammer thrower
- Dave Smith (curler), Canadian curler
- Dave Smith (darts player)Dave Smith (darts player)Dave Smith is an English darts player from Knottingley, Wakefield, West YorkshireDave enjoyed most success in the PDC between 2002–2004, which included a quarter final in the 2003 UK Open, and qualifying for three other tournaments through a one-off qualifier.Smith has earned a full PDC Pro Tour...
, a darts player
Others
- Dave Smith (archivist)Dave Smith (archivist)Dave Smith is the founder and former chief archivist at the Walt Disney Archives, which is located in the Frank G. Wells Building at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. He joined the company on June 22, 1970, as its first-ever archivist...
(born 1940), founder and director of the Walt Disney Company archives - Dave Smith (composer)Dave Smith (composer)Dave Smith is an English experimental composer and musical performer. After attending Solihull School, he read music at Magdalene College, Cambridge. In the 1970s, Smith was a member of the Scratch Orchestra and a performer/composer in ensembles with John Lewis, Michael Parsons, Howard Skempton,...
(born 1949), British experimental composer - Dave Smith (engineer)Dave Smith (engineer)Dave Smith is an engineer and guitarist who pioneered many groundbreaking technologies in music technology. Smith was responsible for the first polyphonic and microprocessor-controlled synthesizer, the Prophet 5...
, proposer of the MIDI standard, synthesizer designer; founded a company in mid-1970s - Dave Smith (musician), keyboard player for the UK gothic metal band Season's End
- Dave Smith (radio host), Sporting News RadioSporting News RadioYahoo! Sports Radio, formerly Sporting News Radio is a United States sports radio network that broadcasts sports news, talk, scores, and highlights 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. On August 1, 2011, it was announced the network would change its name to Yahoo! Sports Radio, effective...
host - Dave Smith (sportswriter), received the 1990 Red Smith AwardRed Smith AwardThe Red Smith Award is awarded by the Associated Press Sports Editors for outstanding contributions to sports journalism. It has been awarded annually at the APSE convention since 1981...