Max Smith (footballer)

Max Smith (21 December 1917 – 27 October 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Max Smith
Personal information
Full name Max Smith
Date of birth (1917-12-21)21 December 1917
Date of death 27 October 1941(1941-10-27) (aged 23)
Original team(s) Werribee
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940 Essendon 7 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Smith died on 27 October 1941 as a result of an injury sustained while batting in a cricket match for Werribee South two days earlier.[2] He was struck by a ball which deflected off the bat onto his temple.[2] The ball was bowled by Clive Smith, a former North Melbourne footballer, who was his younger brother.[1][2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 830. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Cricket Field Fatality". Werribee Shire Banner. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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