Smith was born in Higham, Kent and initially played for a number of lower league sides (Vanbrugh Park, Crawford United, Metrogas)[3] as well as playing for an Army side, before making it into the top flight of football with Huddersfield Town.
[4] The highlight of his Spurs career was collecting a winners' medal in the 1921 FA Cup Final.
The reporter from The Sunday Evening Telegram recorded that: "After the Spurs goal came the most disgraceful scene I have witnessed on any ground at any time.
In the aftermath, following a Commission of Inquiry, Tottenham's Bert Smith was found to have used "filthy language" and suspended for a month.
In later years he went on to be coach/trainer at Young Boys in Switzerland,[3] Harwich and Parkeston, Hitchin and Stevenage Borough.