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Tom Breakwell

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Tom Breakwell
Personal information
Full name Thomas Breakwell
Date of birth (1915-07-03)3 July 1915
Place of birth Stourport, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933 Blackpool 0 (0)
Lytham
1935 Bolton Wanderers 0 (0)
1936 Bradford Park Avenue 18 (0)
1937 Wrexham 3 (0)
Fleetwood
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Breakwell (3 July 1915 – after 1937) was an English professional footballer. A left half, he played for four Football League clubs in the 1930s.

Career

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Breakwell began his career with Blackpool in 1933. After failing to get into the first team, however, he joined nearby Lytham. In 1935, he joined Bolton Wanderers, but again did not make a first-team appearance.

In 1936, he signed for Bradford Park Avenue, and went on to make eighteen League appearances for the club. The following year he joined the Welsh club Wrexham, for whom he made three League appearances.

He finished his career back on the Fylde with Fleetwood.

References

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  1. ^ "Bradford. Backs wanted. Directors show no lack of enterprise". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vii – via Newspapers.com.
  • Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.