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Tommy Strong

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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+12 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

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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

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

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  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 279. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b "World War One Imps". The Stacey West. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Lincoln City". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Thomas Philips Strong on Lives of the First World War
  6. ^ Vickers, John. "Tommy Strong". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Lincoln City Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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