'Mad' Arthur Smith (birth unknown – 17 December 1946 age 66 years) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Yorkley RFC and Cinderford R.F.C., and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Oldham (Heritage No. 105) and Halifax (Heritage No. 234), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums. He fought when the First World War commenced and resumed his career after hostilities despite having a German bullet in his body for the rest of his days.
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17 December 1946 (aged )
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