[1] Born in Batterstown, County Meath, Smyth had his first involvement with Gaelic football and hurling against Boy Scouts from Dublin, who used to come to the local area on weekend camps.
He also played both codes with Ratoath before lining out with Oberstown in hurling and Skryne in Gaelic football, helping the latter to five championship victories.
Smyth made his debut on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the Meath junior hurling team in 1944.
An All-Ireland medal winner in this code, he joined the Meath senior football team for the 1946 championship.
Smyth was a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, however, he never won a Railway Cup medal.