Frank Smith (rugby union)
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Birth name | Francis Bede Smith[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 28 February 1886 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wellington, New South Wales[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 29 October 1954 | (aged 68)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Wellington, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||
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Francis Bede Smith (28 February 1886 – 29 October 1954) was an Australian rugby union player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2] Smith, a centre, was born in Wellington, New South Wales and claimed a total of 4 international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against New Zealand, at Dunedin, on 2 September 1905.
He was a member of the Australian rugby union team, which won the gold medal.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Postcard_-_Wallabies_1908.jpg/400px-Postcard_-_Wallabies_1908.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Olympic_Rugby_1908.jpg/200px-Olympic_Rugby_1908.jpg)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Scrum.com player profile of Bede Smith". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ "Frank Smith". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Frank Smith at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Frank Bede-Smith at Olympics.com
- Bede Smith at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Frank Bede-Smith at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 February 2007)
Categories:
- 1886 births
- 1954 deaths
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Rugby union players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby union players for Australasia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australasia
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union players from New South Wales
- People from Wellington, New South Wales
- New South Wales rugby union team players