Arthur Robert Smith was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the years leading up to and following the formation of the Victorian Football League.
Smith in 1901
1897 VFL season
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The 1897 VFL season was the inaugural season of the Victorian Football League, the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season ran from 8 May to 4 September, com
Essendon 1897 VFL premiership team