Brian Smith (12 September 1955 – August 2013) was an English professional

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who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

Bolton Bolton ( , locally ) is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and Salford. It is surrounded by several towns and vill ...

, Smith played for

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in , the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander. The club was founded in 1903 and ...

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Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

Bournemouth Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest ...

, Bury and

Salisbury Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ...

. He joined Bradford City on loan from Bolton in October 1977, and left in December 1977. For them he made 8 appearances in

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Managerial career

Smith was appointed manager of Atherton Collieries in June 1998, but resigned in September the same year. He also served as assistant manager at Ashton Town and Daisy Hill.

Death

Smith's death was announced on 3 September 2013. He had died the previous month at the age of 57, following a brief illness.

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1955 births 2013 deaths English men's footballers Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Bury F.C. players Salisbury City F.C. players English Football League players Place of death missing Footballers from Bolton Men's association football midfielders English expatriate men's footballers Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Atherton Collieries A.F.C. managers English football managers England men's youth international footballers 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub