Stephen "Steve" Smith (born 28 April 1946 in

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

) is an English former professional

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and football

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. He played football as a player for

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. Th ...

and

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. ...

. He also coached Huddersfield Town and

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. ...

, the latter as caretaker. Smith began his career at Leeds Road as an apprentice in 1961 and turned professional in 1963. He spent 16 years as a player at Leeds Road before a two year spell at Halifax Town. Smith has the unique distinction of being the only person from

to manage Huddersfield Town. He was at Huddersfield for over 25 years during two spells as a player from 1964 to 1977 and as chief scout, youth coach, reserve team coach, caretaker manager and manager from 1979 and 1988. On 26 April 2012 it was announced he was returning to the club as Head of Academy Recruitment.

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