Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Francis Bede "Frank"•Smith |
Used name | Frank•Smith |
Born | 28 February 1886 in Wellington, New South Wales (AUS) |
Died | 29 October 1954 in Wellington, New South Wales (AUS) |
Affiliations | Waratahs Club, Orange |
NOC | ![]() |
Nationality | ![]() |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
Bede Smith was a tough centre, who played 18 times for the Waratahs, the rugby team of New South Wales. He played four test matches, three of them against New Zealand. He was selected to tour with the Wallabies, the Australian national team, in Britain in 1908. Although not the tour’s most important games, he did play a match against a Cornwall team, which decided the Olympic title, and Smith won a gold medal for this performance.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1908 Summer Olympics | Rugby (Rugby) | ![]() |
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Frank Smith | |||
Rugby, Men (Olympic) | Australasia | 1 | Gold |