Ron Smith (footballer, born 1936)

Ron Smith
Personal information
Full name Ronald Smith
Date of birth (1936-06-07) 7 June 1936
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position Left winger
Youth career
1954 Stoke City
1955–1957 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1959 Liverpool 0 (0)
1959–1961 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 36 (6)
1961–1963 Crewe Alexandra 90 (11)
1963–1965 Port Vale 59 (6)
1965–1967 Southport 79 (14)
1967–1970 Altrincham 93 (14)
1975–19?? Formby
Total 357 (51)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronald Smith (born 7 June 1936) is an English former footballer who played on the left-wing. He scored 62 goals in 426 appearances over a 13-year career.

Failing to make the grade at Liverpool, he transferred to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in 1959. He spent two years with the club before moving to Crewe Alexandra in July 1961. He helped Crewe to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1962–63 before he was sold on to Port Vale for a £6,500 fee in October 1963. In April 1965, he was allowed to join Southport, where he again won promotion out of the fourth tier in 1966–67. Following this, he joined Altrincham, where he lifted the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup in 1970.