death_date nationalcaps manageryears birth_date years death_place caps goals image_size nationalyears image name fullname birth_place nationalteam totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
11 august 1971 5 1929 -- 1931 1931 -- 1935 1935 -- 1958 25 june 1889 1927 -- 1929 1929 -- 1931 blackpool , england 449 70 51 254 61 42 150 1913 -- 1920 joe smith -lrb- football manager -rrb- . jpg joe smith joseph smith dudley , england england 570 380 1 crewe alexandra crewe alexandra stockport county darwen -lrb- player-manager -rrb- forward darwen -lrb- player-manager -rrb- reading blackpool joe smith -lrb- football forward , born 1889 -rrb-

joe smith -lrb- football forward , born 1889 -rrb-

joseph `` joe '' smith -lrb- 25 june 1889 -- 11 august 1971 -rrb- was an english professional football player and manager .
he is tenth in the list of england 's top-flight goal scorers with 243 league goals to his name .
he was manager of blackpool for 23 years and guided them to victory in the 1953 fa cup final , the only time they have won the competition since their 1887 inception .
a forward , he began his career at crewe alexandra , but did not play a first team game for the club .
he instead made his name at bolton wanderers , where with 277 league and cup goals between 1908 and 1927 , he is the club 's second highest goalscorer , only eight behind nat lofthouse .
he won the second division title with bolton 1908 -- 09 , and played in fa cup final victories in 1923 and 1926 .
he later hit 61 goals in 70 league games for stockport county , before being appointed player-manager at darwen in 1929 .
two years later he was appointed manager of reading , and narrowly missed out on promotion during his four seasons in charge .
he became blackpool manager in august 1935 , and remained in this position until april 1958 .
he led the `` seasiders '' to one victory in three fa cup final appearances -lrb- 1948 , 1951 , and 1953 -rrb- , and also led the club to runners-up spot in the second division in 1936 -- 37 , second place in the first division in 1955 -- 56 , and runners-up in the 1953 fa charity shield .
