Tommy Strong
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Philips Strong[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Date of death | 15 July 1917 (aged 27)[2] | ||
| Place of death | West Flanders, Belgium[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back, left half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1914–1915 | Lincoln City | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Philips Strong (1890 – 15 July 1917) was an English professional footballer who played as a left back and left half in the Football League for Lincoln City.[1]
Personal life[edit]
As of 1911, Strong was working as a grocer's manager.[5] He served as a private in the South Staffordshire Regiment during the First World War and died of wounds sustained in West Flanders on 15 July 1917.[3] Strong was buried in Croisilles Railway Cemetery.[2]
Career statistics[edit]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lincoln City | 1913–14[6] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1914–15[7] | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 279. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ a b "World War One Imps". The Stacey West. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Lincoln City". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Thomas Philips Strong on Lives of the First World War
- ^ Vickers, John. "Tommy Strong". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ "Lincoln City Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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Categories:
- 1890 births
- 1917 deaths
- Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- British Army personnel of World War I
- South Staffordshire Regiment soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Lincoln City F.C. players
- Military personnel from Newcastle upon Tyne
- Burials in Hauts-de-France
- English football defender, 1890s birth stubs