Tom Bradshaw (footballer, born 1879)

Tom Bradshaw

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Dickinson Bradshaw
Date of birth	15 March 1879
Place of birth	Hambleton, Lancashire, England
Position(s)	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Lostock Hall
1896	Preston North End	0	(0)
1896	Blackpool	17	(5)
1897	Sunderland	15	(2)
1897–1898	Nottingham Forest	18	(0)
1898	Leicester Fosse	28	(7)
1900	New Brighton Tower	11	(3)
	Swindon Town
	Reading
1902	Preston North End	0	(0)
	Wellingborough
	Southport Central
	Earlestown
	Accrington Stanley
1905	Leicester Fosse	15	(2)
	Rossendale United	2	(0)
	Glossop	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Dickinson Bradshaw (15 March 1879 – after 1913) was an English professional footballer. He played for several Football League clubs, but never spent more than two years at any of them.

Career

After starting out with Lostock Hall in the late 1890s, Hambleton-born Bradshaw signed for Preston North End in 1896, but did not make any League appearances for the Lilywhites. He joined their arch-rivals Blackpool shortly thereafter, and went on to make seventeen League appearances for the Seasiders, scoring five goals. Equally-short spells followed at Sunderland, Nottingham Forest, Leicester Fosse and New Brighton Tower. His journeyman career continued with Swindon Town and Reading, before a return to Preston North End in 1902. Still without a League appearance for the Deepdale club, he moved on to Wellingborough, Southport Central, Earlestown, Accrington Stanley, another spell with Leicester Fosse, Rossendale United and, finally, Glossop.

In 1913 he replaced Edgar Chadwick for one match as coach of the Netherlands national football team.

References

• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.