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Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by urbaNRoots Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:22 am
How underrated he's? If he played for Madrid or Barca he would've won like 10 Ballon D'ors.
Great manager too, had a 83 winning percentage with Wrexham Rovers back in 1892.
How do you rate him?
Great manager too, had a 83 winning percentage with Wrexham Rovers back in 1892.
How do you rate him?
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by guest7 Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:33 am
1. Butterball Smithy
2. Messi
3. Maradona
4. the rest
2. Messi
3. Maradona
4. the rest
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by EarlyPrototype Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:37 am
No one on here really knows anything about him apart from what they learnt from Wikipedia lol.
Too difficult to compare his time with today. Football is much more competitive nowadays.
Too difficult to compare his time with today. Football is much more competitive nowadays.
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Omniscient Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:41 am
Never heard of him in my life.
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Cassius Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:53 am
Who? Never heard of him either, he sounds American?
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by ronalessi Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:03 am
The man invented a lot of dribbling techniques in use today. It's funny how people call themselves football fans and have no idea who he is. Sad, really.
Apparently, my great grandfather was a huge fan.
Apparently, my great grandfather was a huge fan.
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Cassius Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:32 am
I'm sure there's other influential people in footballing history who you do not know of and I assume you call yourself a football fan so don't be so harsh.ronalessi wrote:The man invented a lot of dribbling techniques in use today. It's funny how people call themselves football fans and have no idea who he is. Sad, really.
Apparently, my great grandfather was a huge fan.
I have never even heard his name ever brought up and I can't even find him on google or anything else.
Wouldn't it be better of you to tell us something about him?
What nationality, position, teams he played for ect?
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by che Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:29 am
ronalessi wrote:The man invented a lot of dribbling techniques in use today. It's funny how people call themselves football fans and have no idea who he is. Sad, really.
Apparently, my great grandfather was a huge fan.
invented dribbling
like the first guy who milked a cow invented milk and otherwise there is simply no way we would ever know of this substance?
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by dostoevsky Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:40 am
The inventor of one touch passing.
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Giggslegend Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:40 am
In fact, Butterball Smithy was the first player to ever score a goal.
Its also reported that the 1864-1865 season he scored a goal that beautiful, it counted as two.
Its also reported that the 1864-1865 season he scored a goal that beautiful, it counted as two.
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Giggslegend Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:43 am
urbaNRoots wrote:How underrated he's? If he played for Madrid or Barca he would've won like 10 Ballon D'ors.
Great manager too, had a 83 winning percentage with Wrexham Rovers back in 1892.
How do you rate him?
In fact, He was a false goalkeeper/striker playing manager that season and inventor of kicking the ball out as a goalie, then running out recieving it in the middle to then score a goal from that pass.
Until messi does that, his records are nothing
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Lex Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:45 am
He never said that lolche wrote:invented dribbling
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Giggslegend Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:48 pm
Lex wrote:He never said that lolche wrote:invented dribbling
still true though
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Rebaño Sagrado Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:44 pm
urbaNRoots wrote:How underrated he's? If he played for Madrid or Barca he would've won like 10 Ballon D'ors.
Great manager too, had a 83 winning percentage with Wrexham Rovers back in 1892.
How do you rate him?
I already corrected Lex on this....Smithy had the win percentage with Real Bilbao and not Wrexham Rovers.
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by Be/\/ceCALI Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:24 pm
Giggslegend wrote:In fact, Butterball Smithy was the first player to ever score a goal.
Its also reported that the 1864-1865 season he scored a goal that beautiful, it counted as two.
invented goals, too!!! 
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by che Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:44 pm
Lex wrote:He never said that lolche wrote:invented dribbling
biiiig difference isn't it...
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Zealous Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:45 pm
My grandfather would tell me stories about how his dad would tell him Butterball was the one of the best he's ever seen.
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Doc Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:46 pm
Was his first name really Butterball?
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Lex Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:02 pm
George "Butterball" Smithy. He got the nickname Butterball because, as a child, his parents couldn't afford to get him a football so he'd practice kick-ups with a knob of frozen butter
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by S Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:02 pm
Lex wrote:George "Butterball" Smithy. He got the nickname Butterball because, as a child, his parents couldn't afford to get him a football so he'd practice kick-ups with a knob of frozen butter
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by Seppuku Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:06 pm
che wrote:Lex wrote:He never said that lolche wrote:invented dribbling
biiiig difference isn't it...
not to the illiterate.
Words are so overrated anyways.
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by ronalessi Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:38 pm
Cassius_Case wrote:I'm sure there's other influential people in footballing history who you do not know of and I assume you call yourself a football fan so don't be so harsh.ronalessi wrote:The man invented a lot of dribbling techniques in use today. It's funny how people call themselves football fans and have no idea who he is. Sad, really.
Apparently, my great grandfather was a huge fan.
I have never even heard his name ever brought up and I can't even find him on google or anything else.
Wouldn't it be better of you to tell us something about him?
What nationality, position, teams he played for ect?
I don't know much about football, but people who know football inside and out definitely know Smithy. So, sorry for being harsh.
Did you figure it all out or do you still want me to give you a google link?
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Re: Football legends: Butterball Smithy
by ronalessi Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:43 pm
Cruyff invented Cruyff turn. Smithy invented dribbling techniques as well. Let me see if any of you can name some of them.
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