What is Arthur Smith (footballer, born 1915)?
{{Infobox football biography | name = Arthur Smith | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Arthur Hoyle Smith | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1915|5|8}} | birth_place = [[Walmersley]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|8|21|1915|5|8}} | death_place = [[Bolton]], England | position = [[Winger (association football)|Winger]] | height = 5 ft 9 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-vii/134492706/ |title=Bury. Overdraft to strengthen team |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=vii |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | youthyears1 = 1934 | youthclubs1 = [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] | years1 = 1934–1938 | clubs1 = [[Bury F.C.|Bury]] | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1938–1939 | clubs2 = [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] | caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 2 | totalcaps = 14 | totalgoals = 2 }} '''Arthur Hoyle Smith''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|BEM}} (8 May 1915 – 21 August 2021) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]]. At age 106 he was, at the time of his death, the oldest living former professional [[Football League]] player. In 1938, he joined [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] on a free transfer. In his first season with Leicester, he made eight appearances, and in his second, he made two more, scoring two goals against [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. From 1935 to 2015 (with the exception of five years' war service in the [[British Army]]), Smith was the organist and choirmaster at Christ Church, [[Walmersley]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Arthur}} [[Category:1915 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:English centenarians]] [[Category:English footballers]] [[Category:English Anglicans]] [[Category:Leicester City F.C. players]] {{Sports-biography-stub}}