fullname years clubs caps goals birth_place position birth_date article_title name
william alfred smith -- 190 ? -- 1907 1907 -- 1908 1908 -- 1909 -- 1909 -- 1912 1912 -- 1913 1913 -- 19 ?? 1902 -- -- 1905 1905 -- 190 ? old hill alliance tipton excelsior coventry city birmingham coventry city nuneaton hill town coventry city tipton excelsior wanderers worcester city west bromwich albion brierley 21 17 2 5 west bromwich , england forward april 1882 billy smith -lrb- footballer , born 1882 -rrb-
 billy smith
billy smith -lrb- footballer , born 1882 -rrb-

william alfred smith -lrb- april 1882 -- after 1912 -rrb- was an english professional footballer who made 38 appearances in the football league playing for west bromwich albion and birmingham .
he played as a right-sided forward .
smith was born in west bromwich , staffordshire .
he began his football career with old hill wanderers and worcester city before joining second division champions west bromwich albion in 1902 .
he played 21 league games for the club before dropping back into non-league football with brierley hill alliance .
in 1908 he returned to the football league with birmingham , where he formed a useful partnership with benny green .
he lost his place when jack wilcox arrived , and moved back to coventry city .
a period with nuneaton town preceded a third spell at coventry .
