Former Fartown coach Brian Smith dies

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Former Fartown coach Brian Smith dies
Topic Started: Mar 12 2010, 07:25 AM (82 Views)
stacey	Mar 12 2010, 07:25 AM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 2,571 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 22, 2009	Mar 12 2010 by Chris Roberts, Huddersfield Daily Examiner FORMER Fartown coach Brian Smith has died at the age of 78. He passed away at his home in Halifax on Monday, with a requiem mass on Tuesday (noon) followed by interment at Stoney Royd Cemetery. Brian played on the wing for York – including in their Yorkshire Cup final defeat to Huddersfield at Headingley in 1957 – and Bradford Northern. He then joined Huddersfield as ‘A’ team coach in succession to Henry Tiffany in November 1962, also assisting the team in a playing capacity as and when required. He later went on to become first-team coach, helping Huddersfield win the Second Division Championship in 1974-75, transforming the Fartowners into a powerful outfit who just nabbed the title under the noses of Hull KR. He worked tirelessly for both the Huddersfield and Halifax ex-players associations for many years, and was a leading light in organising rugby league ex-players’ Centenary and Millennium celebrations. He was a specialist teacher of physical education with additional qualifications in athletics and spent his National Service as an Army PTI, and acted in a training capacity with Halifax youth clubs and schools rugby league He leaves a wife Maureen, sons and daughters Karen, Andrew, Jerome, Joanne and Gabrielle, grandchildren Antonia, Luke, Joseph, Sam, Kate, Michele, Julien, Patrick and Roisin and great-grandchild Meghan-Leigh. [rainbow]Link[/rainbow]



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