On this day in 1934, Eric Smith was born in Glasgow.
After spells with St Andrew’s Juveniles, Pollok and Benburb, Eric joined Celtic in April 1953, going on to make a total of 130 appearances, scoring 20 goals.
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Eric then moved south in 1960, spending four years with Leeds before coming back to Scotland and Morton, where he both coached and managed over the period 1964-72.
After that, Eric was on the move again, covering Hamilton ( manager 1972-78), Sharjah (UAE) 1978-82, Al Nasr (Saudi Arabia ) 1982 -83, Al Shab (UAE) 1984-87 and Peziporikos ( Larnaca, Cyprus) from 1987.
Eric passed away in Dubai on 12th June 1991 at the age of 57.
Jim Craig