Peter Victor Smith (born 22 September 1947 in

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) is a former

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er who played with Melbourne and

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in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Smith was recruited from Melbourne Grammar and came to the Melbourne Football Club with the pressure of being the son of club great Norm Smith. A forward, he played eight games in the

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and 15 in 1967. He left the club after two seasons to join Carlton, coached by his friend

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. He spent most of his time at Carlton as captain of the reserves team and managed just 15 senior games before being granted a clearance to Port Melbourne. After spending three years at Port Melbourne, during which time his father died, Smith crossed to Coburg in a straight swap for

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. He topped the Victorian Football Association Division Two goal-kicking in 1974 with 121 goals and his bag of 13 goals against

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late in the year saw him join Bob Pratt,

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and Jack Titus as the only Coburg players to boot a century in a season. Smith was also the full-forward in the 1974 Coburg premiership side and topped the club's goal-kicking once more in 1975.''The Age'', "Peter Smith drops off Coburg merry-go round", 16 July 1976, p. 18

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Peter V. 1947 births Melbourne Football Club players Carlton Football Club players Port Melbourne Football Club players Coburg Football Club players Living people People educated at Melbourne Grammar School Australian rules footballers from Melbourne People from Brunswick, Victoria