Clubs: Hull City, Crystal Palace 

Ted Smith was a marvellous goalscorer for Crystal Palace on both sides of the First World War and if the awful event had not reduced the impact of his career at the club it is almost certain that he and not Peter Simpson would have been the club's leading goalscorer of all-time.

Ted joined Palace from Hull City in December 1911 and immediately scored a hat-trick on his debut against West Ham United and he then repeated the feat a week later against Bristol Rovers. Ted topped Palace's scoring charts for the four remaining pre-war seasons and again in 1919/20 and during that period his record was the equal of any in the game.

Birmingham-born Ted was burly and strong, weighing in at 12 and a half stone and standing at five foot nine and a half inches tall. As a header of the ball he was phenomenal and it is amazing how many of his goals came from his head. Ted also possessed an extremely powerful shot and this was all in the days when the leather ball collected moisture on the pitch and could finish up weighing several pounds!

After the First World War Ted became Palace's captain and led the team to the inaugural Division Three title before injury prevented him playing in Palace's first games in Division Two.

 Statistics

	Games	Goals
1911/1912	25	20
1912/1913	36	27
1913/1914	40	27
1914/1915	34	20
1919/1920	32	19
1920/1921	19	9
1921/1922	6	2
Total	192	124

Source: The Palace Centurions, Rev. Nigel Sands (Sporting and Leisure Press, Buckingham, 1991)