Steve Smith (footballer)

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Steve Smith
Full name	Stephen Smith
Date of birth	28 April 1946 (1946-04-28) (age 63)
Place of birth	Huddersfield, England
Playing position	Left-Back Midfielder
Youth career
1961-1964	Huddersfield Town
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1964–1977 1974–1975 1977–1979 1979–1988	Huddersfield Town → Bolton Wanderers (loan) Halifax Town Huddersfield Town	342 (30) 003 0(0) 081 0(4) 000 0(0)
Teams managed
1986–1987 2001	Huddersfield Town Bradford City (caretaker)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Stephen "Steve" Smith (born 28 April 1946 in Huddersfield) is an English former professional footballer and football manager. He played football as a player for Huddersfield Town and Halifax Town. He also coached Huddersfield Town and Bradford City, the latter as caretaker.

Smith has the unique distinction of being the only person from Huddersfield to manage Huddersfield Town.^{[citation needed]} He was at Huddersfield for nearly 30 years during two spells as a player from 1961 to 1977 and as a non-contract player from 1979 and 1988, which included a two year spell as manager, as well as positions as reserve team coach, youth team coach and chief scout.

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Huddersfield Town F.C. – Managers

Walker (1908–10) · Pudan (1910–12) · Knighton (1912) · Fairclough (1912–19) · Langley (1919–21) · Chapman (1921–25) · Potter (1925–26) · Chaplin (1926–29) · C. Stephenson (1929–42) · Magner (1942–43) · Steele (1943–47) · G. Stephenson (1947–52) · Board Of Directors (1952) · Beattie (1952–56) · Shankly (1956–60) · Boot (1960–64) · Greaves (1964) · Johnston (1964–68) · Greaves (1968–74) · Collins (1974–75) · Johnston (1975–77) · Haselden (1977) · Johnston (1977–78) · Buxton (1978–86) · Smith (1986–87) · Coaching Staff (1987) · Macdonald (1987–88) · Hand (1988–92) · Ross (1992–93) · Warnock (1993–95) · Horton (1995–97) · Jackson (1997–99) · Bruce (1999–2000) · Macari (2000–02) · Wadsworth (2002–03) · Machin (2003) · Jackson (2003–07) · Murphy (2007) · Ritchie (2007–08) · Murphy (2008) · Ternent (2008) · Murphy (2008) · Mitchell (2008) · Clark (2008–)

Bradford City A.F.C. – Managers

Campbell (1903–05) · O'Rourke (1905–21) · Menzies (1921–26) · Veitch (1926–28) · Foster (1928) · O'Rourke (1928–30) · Peart (1930–35) · Ray (1935–37) · Westgarth (1938–43) · Sharp (1943–46) · Barker (1946–47) · Milburn (1947–48) · Steele (1948–52) · A. Harris (1952) · Powell (1952–55) · Jackson (1955–61) · Brocklebank (1961–64) · B. Harris (1965–66) · Watson (1966–67) · Hair (1967–68) · McAnearney & Hallett (1968) · Wheeler (1968–71) · Wilson (1971) · Edwards (1971–75) · Kennedy (1975–78) · Napier (1978) · Mulhall (1978–81) · McFarland (1981–82) · Cherry (1982–87) · Dolan (1987–89) · Yorath (1989–90) · Docherty (1990–91) · Stapleton (1991–94) · Lawrence (1994–95) · Kamara (1995–98) · Jewell (1998–2000) · Hutchings (2000) · McCall (2000) · Jefferies (2000–01) · Smith (2001) · Law (2002–03) · Four senior players (2003) · Robson (2003–04) · Todd (2004–07) · Wetherall (2007) · McCall (2007–)