Whacker Smith
Charles Albert "Whacker" Smith was an English international rugby union player.
Smith was the son of a corn porter and hailed from Gloucester.
Known by the nickname "Whacker", Smith was a strongly built, red–haired wing three–quarter. He proved a consistent try scorer for his club Gloucester RFC, crossing over the line 142 times from 270 matches, in a career spanning 1897 to 1908. This included a record eight tries in a match against Clifton in the 1901-02 season.
Smith gained a single England cap, appearing against Wales at Cardiff in 1901.
A labourer by trade, Smith worked for a timber merchants. He died of influenza in 1940, aged 61.