Tommy Sinclair (Scottish footballer)

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Tommy Sinclair
Personal information
Full name Thomas McKenzie Sinclair [1]
Place of birth Shettleston, Scotland
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1938 Shettleston
1938–1939 Bolton Wanderers 10 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Sinclair was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers as an inside right. [1]

Personal life

Sinclair served as a sergeant in 53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, during the Second World War. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 265. ISBN   9781905891610. OCLC   841581272.
  2. "Tommy Sinclair". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. "Bolton Artillery – 53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment". Bolton Remembers the War. Retrieved 30 May 2019.