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15 hours ago, cowl said:

Wilf Smith's English - he played for England's youth teams!

 

He went out with my sister a couple of times when he was in Wednesday's youth side. I'd never heard of him then, but I followed his career of course. 

His dad was in the army in Germany.  So German born.  

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2 minutes ago, Lincs Owl said:

 

He went out with my sister a couple of times when he was in Wednesday's youth side. I'd never heard of him then, but I followed his career of course. 

His dad was in the army in Germany.  So German born.  

Wilfred Samuel "Wilf" Smith (born Schmidt, 3 September 1946) is an English former professional footballer, who played in the Football League for six different teams between 1963 and 1978.

Born in Neumünster, Germany, Smith moved to Britain with his family when he was a child. They anglicised their surname from Schmidt to Smith at this time. He joined Sheffield Wednesday after leaving school, and captained both Sheffield Boys and England youth.[1]

Smith initially joined Wednesday as an apprentice in 1962, but turned professional with them in September 1963 when he turned 17. In all he made 206 League appearances for The Owls, scoring four times, before leaving to join Coventry City in 1970. He played 135 League matches in a five-year stay with the Sky Blues, but he found himself loaned out to both Brighton & Hove Albion and Millwall in his final season with the Midland club.[2]

He rounded off his footballing career with a 20-month spell at Bristol Rovers between March 1975 and November 1976,[3] followed by nineteen months at Chesterfield. He played a total of 432 Football League games, and scored nine goals during his career.

After hanging up his boots, Smith moved into retail, and in 1994 he was reputed to have become a millionaire through his off-the-field business.[1]

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2 hours ago, Colinwestzicoest said:

I sometimes wonder what a prospective signing, his wife, kids & family/friends think if they visit this site prior. We could be scaring them off :ph34r:

 

Anybody's wife, kids, family and friends, should be scared  off after visiting some of the posts on this site!

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12 minutes ago, Colinwestzicoest said:

Yes, thank you. Now let's all stop being so juvenile!

 I'm 64 years old and I'm still juvenile. I will be juvenile until I peg out. It's a mans birthright to be juvenile itf he wants.

 

Save me from ever being serious and mature.

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3 minutes ago, prowl said:

 I'm 64 years old and I'm still juvenile. I will be juvenile until I peg out. It's a mans birthright to be juvenile itf he wants.

 

Save me from ever being serious and mature.

 

Saw a tee shirt in Whitby which our lass said I should get;

 

You're never too old to know better. 

 

Being a grandad is a licence to be daft & the kids love it too. Win win. 

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8 hours ago, Southernblues said:

Wilfred Samuel "Wilf" Smith (born Schmidt, 3 September 1946) is an English former professional footballer, who played in the Football League for six different teams between 1963 and 1978.

Born in Neumünster, Germany, Smith moved to Britain with his family when he was a child. They anglicised their surname from Schmidt to Smith at this time. He joined Sheffield Wednesday after leaving school, and captained both Sheffield Boys and England youth.[1]

Smith initially joined Wednesday as an apprentice in 1962, but turned professional with them in September 1963 when he turned 17. In all he made 206 League appearances for The Owls, scoring four times, before leaving to join Coventry City in 1970. He played 135 League matches in a five-year stay with the Sky Blues, but he found himself loaned out to both Brighton & Hove Albion and Millwall in his final season with the Midland club.[2]

He rounded off his footballing career with a 20-month spell at Bristol Rovers between March 1975 and November 1976,[3] followed by nineteen months at Chesterfield. He played a total of 432 Football League games, and scored nine goals during his career.

After hanging up his boots, Smith moved into retail, and in 1994 he was reputed to have become a millionaire through his off-the-field business.[1]

that's incorrect …...he was never called Schmidt.....it was his Christian name (wollfgang) they anglicised. 

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20 hours ago, Colinwestzicoest said:

I sometimes wonder what a prospective signing, his wife, kids & family/friends think if they visit this site prior. We could be scaring them off :ph34r:

One of our previous chairmen, might have been Eric Taylor, used to pick potential new signings up at the train station then drive into Derbyshire to get to the ground so he obviously thought the same as you!

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Don't know anything about him but hopefully he proves an astute signing like the likes of Norwich and Huddersfield and others have benefited from in recent years at this level. Out of the box signings like this, bargains and clever loan signings, seem to be the way to go for us and Championship clubs these days. As long as they fit into how we want to play, then it doesn't matter where they come from or how much they cost, as long as they are the right fit for Bruce and the squad, and don't break the bank.

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