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]
Height5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m) [4]
Position(s) Left back, left half
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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]

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Personal life

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lincoln City 1913–14 [6] Second Division 100010
1914–15 [7] Second Division700070
Career total800080

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 279. ISBN   978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "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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