Tom Hewitt (footballer)
 Tom Hewitt in 1910 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas John Hewitt | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 1980 (aged 90–91) | ||
| Place of death | South Glamorgan, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) 9 | ||
| Position(s) | half-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sandycroft | |||
| -1907 | Connah's Quay Victoria | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1907-1909 | Connah's Quay & Shotton | ||
| 1909-10 | Saltney | ||
| 1910-1911 | Wrexham | ||
| 1911-1913 | Chelsea | 8 | (0) |
| 1913-1914 | South Liverpool | ||
| 1914- | Swansea Town | ||
| International career | |||
| 1911–1914 | Wales | 8 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1922 | Aberaman Athletic Club | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Tom Hewitt (26 April 1889 – 1980) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1911 and 1914, playing 8 matches. He played his first match on 28 January 1911 against Ireland and his last match on 16 March 1914 against England.[1] At club level, he played for Wrexham and Chelsea.
Club career[edit]
Tom Hewitt first started playing football at the age of 11 for Hawarden County Schools. Upon leaving school he joined Sandycroft where he won his first honours, the Chester & District League. The following season he joined Connah's Quay Victoria where he won the Chester & District League again, and the Chester Charity Cup. He also won the Denbighshire & Flintshire Charity Cup with Connah's Quay & Shotton.[2]
Hewitt signed as a Professional with Saltney in 1908 and was part of the team who were runners up in The Combination in 1908-09 and 1909–10. At the start of the 1910–11 season he signed for Wrexham.[3]
He moved to Chelsea in December 1911 who paid a fee of £800 for him.[4] He left Chelsea following a bad injury and signed for Swansea Town in 1914 following a spell at South Liverpool.[5]
He was forced to give up football due to an injury sustained in his work as an engineer. He later became manager of Aberaman.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Upon leaving school Hewitt was an apprentice engineer in Sandycroft. He was a teetotaller and a non-smoker.
His brother was former Cardiff City goalkeeper Charles Hewitt.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Players Appearances He-Ho".
- ^ "Advertising|1914-05-16|South Wales Weekly Post - Welsh Newspapers".
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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