Stan Smith (athlete)

Stanley Howard Smith (24 April 1904 – 1986)^[1] was an English athlete who competed at the 1930 British Empire Games.^[2]

Biography

Smith was born in West Bromwich, England, and was a member of the Birchfield Harriers.^[3]

He represented England at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario,^[4] where he competed in the marathon event.^[5] At the time of the Games he was a mechanic by trade and lived at 570 Hagley Road in Birmingham.^[6]

Smith also won the prestigious Polytechnic Marathon in 1930^[7][8] and finished runner-up behind Dunky Wright at the 1931 AAA Championships from Windsor to Stamford Bridge.^[9]

In later years, Smith was involved with Halesowen AC.^[10][11]

References

1. ^ "Stanley Howard Smith". Free BMD. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
2. ^ "England Hamilton 1930". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived 27 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
3. ^ "Cross-country". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 25 February 1929. Retrieved 5 September 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. ^ "Hamilton 1930 Team". Team England. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
5. ^ "Athletics Marathon - Men Hamilton 1930". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived 25 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
6. ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Liverpool, England from Montreal Quebec". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
7. ^ "Record holders". Liverpool Evening Express. 17 September 1930. Retrieved 5 September 2025. – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. ^ "Polytechnic Harriers Marathon". ARRS. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
9. ^ "AAA and National Championships Medallists - Marathon". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
10. ^ "Club History – Athletic Successes over 100 years". Haleswon Athletic Club. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
11. ^ "Roy Langford - Article No.10 (09/07/2012)". Tipton Harriers. Retrieved 5 September 2025.