Reg Smith

Reg Smith
Personal information
Full name	James Christopher Reginald Smith
Date of birth	20 January 1912
Place of birth	Battersea, England
Date of death	6 January 2004 (aged 91)
Place of death	Stevenage, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team
1931–1935	Hitchin Town
1935–1946	Millwall
1946–1948	Dundee
International career
1938	England
Managerial career
1948	Corby Town
1954–1957	Dundee United
1957–1959	Falkirk
1959–1961	Millwall
1961	Addington
1961–1963	Bedford Town
	Addington
	Cape Town Spurs
1971–1972	Bedford Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Christopher Reginald Smith (20 January 1912 – 6 January 2004), was an English

outside left

.

Playing career

The son of a South African rugby union international, Smith began his career as an amateur with Hitchin Town in the early 1930s, playing in one of that club's finest teams and helping them to the Spartan League title in 1935, before turning professional when he joined Millwall later that year.

After a slow start at

Division Three South title, while also claiming the London FA Challenge Cup by defeating Crystal Palace

.

Smith became Millwall's last full England internationalist in 1938, when he was selected for two games in seven days in November, despite only playing in the English second tier at the time. He scored twice on his debut versus Norway in a 4–0 win, but didn't score in a 7–0 defeat of Northern Ireland.

When the

1946–47

.

Managerial career

In 1948, Smith was appointed player-manager of Corby Town upon the club's formation but left after only a couple of months for family reasons, returning north to Dundee where he became a coach. He moved into management with Dundee United in September 1954, leaving his coaching post at rivals Dundee to join United. After two seasons of steady mid-table finishes, he resigned to take over as manager of Falkirk (then bottom of Division One) in January 1957. Three months later, Smith had saved the Bairns from relegation and led his new club to victory in the Scottish Cup.

In the summer of 1959, Smith was approached by old club Millwall to replace

Cape Town Spurs before returning to Bedford in November 1971, remaining in post until June 1972.^[2] He was appointed assistant manager at Stevenage Athletic for the 1972–73 season, before going on to work at a computer company.^[2]