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For the English footballer, see Tom McCready (footballer, born 1991).

Tommy McCready
Personal information
Full name Thomas McCready
Date of birth (1943-10-19)19 October 1943
Place of birth Johnstone, Scotland
Date of death 19 July 2016(2016-07-19) (aged 72)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 Hibernian 0 (0)
1963–1964 Watford[1] 1 (0)
1965–1974 Wimbledon 355 (21)
1974–1975 Dulwich Hamlet ? (?)
1975–1976 Staines Town ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas "Tom" McCready (19 October 1943 – 19 July 2016) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left back. He joined Wimbledon from Watford (for whom he made just one appearance).[2] He played over 400 matches for the Dons, scoring 25 goals. McCready left at the end of the 1973/74 season and retired after short spells at Dulwich Hamlet and Staines Town.

McCready was one of many former Wimbledon players who supported the phoenix club AFC Wimbledon, and regularly attended matches. In July 2016 he died after an illness.[3]

References

  1. ^ "WATFORD : 1946/47 - 2011/12". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. ^ http://www.historicaldons.com/player.php?od=4&id=551
  3. ^ http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/tommy-mccready-3197014.aspx
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