Tom Allison (English footballer)

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Tom Allison
Personal information
Full name Thomas Allison [1]
Date of birth(1921-02-20)20 February 1921 [1]
Place of birth Fencehouses, [1] County Durham, England
Date of death 1 November 2010(2010-11-01) (aged 89) [1]
Place of death Hartlepool, [1] England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
– South Hetton
1946–1947 Darlington 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Allison (20 February 1921 – 1 November 2010) was an English footballer who made six appearances in the Football League playing as an inside forward for Darlington in the 1940s. He also played non-league football for South Hetton. [2] The son of William Allison, a well-known local amateur footballer, Allison signed as a professional with Darlington in October 1946. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tom Allison". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "World of Sport". Sunderland Echo & Shipping Gazette. 17 October 1946. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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