Tommy Gardner
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Gardner | ||
Date of birth | 28 May 1910 | ||
Place of birth | Huyton, England | ||
Date of death | February 1970 (aged 59) | ||
Place of death | Chester, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1929–1931 | Liverpool | 5 | (0) |
1931–1932 | Grimsby Town | 13 | (0) |
1932–1934 | Hull City | 66 | (2) |
1934–1938 | Aston Villa | 77 | (1) |
1938–1945 | Burnley | 39 | (3) |
1945–1947 | Wrexham | 33 | (4) |
International career | |||
1934–1935 | England | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Gardner (28 May 1910 – February 1970) was an English professional association footballer who played as a wing half. He won two caps for the England national football team.
After the end of his playing career he was manager of Oswestry Town in 1949-51.[2]
His great-granddaughter Hannah Keryakoplis played international football for Wales.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Villa have talent to succeed". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vi – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oswestry Town Managers". tnsfc.co.uk. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ Boyd, Andrew (20 October 2010). "Hot-shot Flintshire girl's a hit when it comes to scoring". The Flintshire Leader. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939.
External links
[edit]- Tommy Gardner profile at the Aston Villa player database
Categories:
- Footballers from Huyton
- English men's footballers
- England men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Hull City A.F.C. players
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- Wrexham A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 1910 births
- 1970 deaths
- Oswestry Town F.C. managers
- English football managers
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football defender, 1910s birth stubs