Tommy Clish

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Tommy Clish
Personal information
Full name Thomas Partridge Clish [1]
Date of birth(1932-10-19)19 October 1932 [1]
Place of birth Wheatley Hill, England [1]
Date of death August 2024(2024-08-00) (aged 91)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
19??–1955 West Ham United 0 (0)
1955–1958 Darlington 52 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Partridge Clish (19 October 1932 – August 2024) was an English footballer who made 52 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Darlington. He was also on the books of West Ham United, without playing for them in the League. [2] Clish died in August 2024, at the age of 91. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tommy Clish". In The Mad Crowd. John Phillips. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. Simpson, Ray (4 August 2024). "Tommy Clish". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 5 August 2024.