[1] Smart played as a defender, and he was part of Adelaide's inaugural team in the 1991 AFL season.
[2] Smart made his senior football debut in 1988 while at university, playing for South Adelaide in the SANFL.
Bob Hammond, the club's chairman, was present, and after seeing Smart's injuries from walking over the coals he called off the exercise.
[2] He returned to Adelaide, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Liberal Party for the electoral district of Norwood in the 2006 South Australian state election.
He served as deputy chairman to Bill Sanders in 2009 and in 2013 became the club's chief operating officer.
[6] In August 2021, Smart became the chief executive officer of Crime Stoppers South Australia.