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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}<br />
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{{Infobox AFL biography<br />
| name = Brad Smith<br />
| image = <br />
| fullname = Bradley Rickard Smith<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|12|3|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| height = 193&nbsp;cm<br />
| weight = 96&nbsp;kg<br />
| position = Defender/On-baller<br />
| statsend = 1980<br />
| years1 = 1966–1973, 1976–1978<br />
| club1 = [[East Perth Football Club|East Perth]]<br />
| games_goals1 = 222<br />
| years2 = 1974–1975<br />
| club2 = [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]<br />
| games_goals2 = 24 (12)<br />
| years3 = 1979–1980<br />
| club3 = [[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]]<br />
| games_goals3 = 5<br />
| coachyears1 = 1979–80<br />
| coachclub1 = [[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]]<br />
| coachgames_wins1 = 45 (21)<br />
| careerhighlights = East Fremantle 1979 Premiership coach<br /><br />
East Perth Team of the Century (Post-war)<br /><br />
East Perth 1972, 1978 Premiership player<br /><br />
North Melbourne 1974 Grand Final player<br />
}}<br />
'''Brad R. Smith''' (born 3 December 1948) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played with [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] in the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) during the 1970s.<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|4th|603}}</ref> He also had a long career in the [[West Australian Football League|West Australian National Football League]] (WANFL) where he played for [[East Perth Football Club|East Perth]] and coached [[East Fremantle Football Club|East Fremantle]].<br />
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Smith was a late comer to VFL football as he had spent eight years at East Perth before joining North Melbourne. He was a member of East Perth's 1972 and 1978 premiership teams<ref>[http://www.eastperthfc.com.au/history/27 East Perth Premiership Teams] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525021414/http://www.eastperthfc.com.au/history/27 |date=25 May 2011 }}</ref> and a [[back pocket]] player in the North Melbourne side which lost the [[1974 VFL Grand Final]].<br />
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His stint in Victoria lasted just two seasons and in 1976 he returned to East Perth and ended up with 222 WANFL games. During this time he also represented Western Australia in six interstate matches.<ref>[http://www.wafootball.com.au/resources/doc_download/108-wa-state-representatives WA State Representatives]</ref> Smith was appointed coach of East Fremantle in 1979 and promptly steered them to the premiership. Although he was recruited as a non-playing coach to East Fremantle, he also took the field for two games in 1979 and three games in 1980, thus finishing with 227 WANFL/WAFL games in his career. Despite a successful first year as coach, the 1980 season was a struggle and East Fremantle only narrowly avoided the wooden spoon. In response to their poor season, East Fremantle decided to appoint a full-time coach for the 1981 season (all previous coaching appointments were part-time) and Smith left to join East Perth as an assistant coach under [[Grant Dorrington]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Poat|first=Peter|title=Football Register|publisher=Westralian Publishers and Associates|location=Morley, Western Australia|year=1981|edition=19th|pages=76–77}}</ref> As the reigning premiership coach, Smith coached the WA state side in four matches in 1980, including the [[1980 Adelaide Carnival|1980 Australian Football Carnival]], held in Adelaide in October.<ref>[http://www.wafootball.com.au/resources/doc_download/107-state-games-1951-2006 WA State Games 1951–2006]</ref><br />
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In 2006 Smith was named on the interchange bench in East Perth's official 'Post-war Team of the Century' (1945 to 2005).<ref>[http://www.eastperthfc.com.au/history/63-teams-of-the-20th-century East Perth Teams of the Century] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913173233/http://www.eastperthfc.com.au/history/63-teams-of-the-20th-century |date=13 September 2009 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{AFL Tables}}<br />
* {{AustralianFootball}}<br />
* {{WAFL FootyFacts}}<br />
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{{East Fremantle Football Club coaches}}<br />
{{WA State of Origin coaches}}<br />
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[[Category:1948 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Western Australia]]<br />
[[Category:North Melbourne Football Club players]]<br />
[[Category:East Perth Football Club players]]<br />
[[Category:East Fremantle Football Club players]]<br />
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