[1] Smith won the Farrer Football League best and fairest award, the Baz Medal in 1978, with East Wagga.
Rarely troubled by injury, Smith played at least 18 games in each of his five seasons at South Melbourne, earning him the nickname 'The Bionic Man'.
[2] He had come to the club from East Wagga and played his football mostly as a centreman or ruck-rover.
He also polled well in the Brownlow Medal count that year with 11 votes, the second most for his club that season behind Barry Round.
[3] Smith finished his career in the SANFL where he played 100 games and kicked 90 goals for Central District.