Charles Eastlake Smith
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Eastlake Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 4 October 1850 | ||
| Place of birth | Colombo, Ceylon | ||
| Date of death | 10 January 1917 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Bromley, England | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1869–1876 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Wanderers | |||
| International career | |||
| 1876 | England | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Charles Eastlake Smith (1850 – 10 January 1917) was an English amateur footballer who played for the first Crystal Palace and England.[1] By profession, he was an insurance clerk.
Smith was born in Colombo, Ceylon in 1850, son of James Smith and Matilda, daughter of the physician Edward Rigby. The Smiths lived at 18, Falkner Square, Liverpool, later moving to 21, Longton Grove, Lewisham, Kent (now counted as part of southeast London).[2][3] His father James had been born in Scotland and was an East Indian Merchant.[1] He was educated at Rossall School in Lancashire and played in the school football XI in 1869[4] and 1870[5] being captain in his final year. Smith suffered from some degree of deafness; his mother's eldest sister, the author and literary critic Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake, refers to him in some letters to others as "my dear deaf Charlie" and "my dear deaf Chas Eastlake Smith".[6]
Football
Smith played for the original Crystal Palace[7] and later Wanderers[8] as a forward; in 1876 he won an international cap when he played for England against Scotland.[1]
Smith served on the Football Association committee in 1875 and 1876.[9]
