Tom Armstrong (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Armstrong | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 4 April 1954||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979 | San Diego Sockers | 9[1] | (2[1]) |
1979–1980 | San Jose Earthquakes[1] | 19 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Tom Armstrong (born 4 April 1954 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish former footballer.
Playing career
[edit]Armstrong scored 21 goals for Ards F.C. during the 1978–79 Irish League.[2]
San Diego Sockers
[edit]Signing for the San Diego Sockers in 1979, Armstrong expressed gratefulness in escaping the then unsubsiding Northern Irish civil war.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "NASL-Tom Armstrong". www.nasljerseys.com.
- ^ Di Maggio, Roberto (8 June 2017). "Northern Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Rock 'N' Roll Soccer: The short life and fast time son the North American Soccer League pg. 65
Categories:
- 1954 births
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in the United States
- San Diego Sockers (1978–1996) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Association footballers from Belfast
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Expatriate men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Men's association football forwards
- North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players
- San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players
- Living people
- Northern Ireland association football biography stubs