{{short description|British rugby union player}} {{notability|sports|date=March 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox rugby biography | name = Valentine Smith | image = | image_size = | caption = | alt = | birth_name = | birth_date = 21 September 1873 | birth_place = Birmingham, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1940|8|8|1873|9|21|df=yes}}<ref name="Olympedia">{{Olympedia|18011}}</ref> | death_place = Cynwyd, Denbighshire, Wales | height = | weight = | currentclub = | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = Nuneaton Old Edwardians | apps1 = ? (?) | points1 = ? (?) | clubupdate = | provinceyears1 = | province1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | superyears1 = | super1 = | superapps1 = | superpoints1 = | repyears1 = | repteam1 = | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | repupdate = | repsevensyears1 = | repsevenscomp1 = | coachyears1 = | coachteams1 = | refereeyears1 = | refereecomps1 = | refereeapps1 = | medals = {{MedalSport|Men's rugby union}} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver|1900 Paris | Team competition}} }}

'''Valentine Smith''' (21 September 1873 &ndash; 8 August 1940) was a British rugby union player. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics and won silver as part of the Great Britain team in what was the first rugby union competition at an Olympic Games.<ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/v-smith-1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040645/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/v-smith-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 April 2020 | title=V. Smith | accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref>

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