Stanley Smith (rugby league born circa-1940)

Not to be confused with the rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s for Great Britain, England, Wakefield Trinity, and Leeds, Stanley Smith

Stanley Smith (rugby league born circa-1910)

Stanley "Stan" Smith is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, and Leeds, playing at , i.e...

Stanley "Stan" Smith is a former professional rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at club level has played for Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...

, and Bramley

Bramley Buffaloes

Bramley Buffaloes is a rugby league club from the Bramley area of West Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Previously known simply as Bramley RLFC, the club is a famous name in rugby league, having existed prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895...

, playing at , i.e. number 2 or 5.

Contemporaneous Article Extract

"Stanley Smith, after successful work with the Wakefield Schools R.L. side, was a member of our own "Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Juniors." He signed for Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

in 1954 and made his senior début in December of that year. In the following season he made 15 appearances and scored 8 tries, but then came a break in his career with a call for Military Service

National service

National service is a common name for mandatory government service programmes . The term became common British usage during and for some years following the Second World War. Many young people spent one or more years in such programmes...

. He has helped Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

’s senior side on many occasions since his return from the forces without being able to command a regular berth. It is, of course, with that in mind – that he and Chamberlain

Leslie Chamberlain

Leslie "Les" Chamberlain is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at club level has played for Wakefield Trinity, Bramley, Hull Kingston Rovers, and Leeds, playing at , , i.e...

will have the chance of regular senior football – that these transfers have been made. Smith’s full record with Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

is:- Appearances 59. Tries 39. Points 117."

Note

During the late 1920/30s there was a rugby league

Rugby league

footballer who played for Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

, Leeds

Leeds Rhinos

Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...

, England

England national rugby league team

The England national rugby league team represent England in international rugby league football tournaments. The team has now seen a revival, having largely formed from the Great Britain team, who also represented Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football...

and Great Britain

Great Britain national rugby league team

The Great Britain national rugby league team represents the United Kingdom in rugby league football. Administered by the Rugby Football League , the team is nicknamed "The Lions" or "Great Britain Lions"....

who was also called Stanley "Stan" Smith

Stanley Smith (rugby league born circa-1910)

. These Stanley "Stan" Smith's are clearly not the same person, but as yet it is not known whether they are related.

External links

Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

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