Tom Wilson (footballer)

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Tom Wilson
Full name	Thomas Wilson
Date of birth	April 16, 1886
Place of birth	Seaham, England
Date of death	February 2, 1948 (aged 61)
Place of death	Barnsley, England
Nickname	Tommy
Playing position	Centre back
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1914-1915 1919-1931 1931-1932	Sunderland Huddersfield Town Blackpool	008 0(0) 448 0(4) 018 0(0)
National team
1928	England	001 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Wilson (born Seaham 16 April 1886, died 2 February 1948) was a footballer who was a member of the Huddersfield Town team that won the Football League three times in the 1920s.

He started his professional career with Sunderland in 1914, before his career was interrupted by World War I. During the war he turned out for the Seaham Colliery side, before joining Huddersfield in 1919.

Over the next 12 seasons, he was a virtual ever-present with Huddersfield, helping them to the Football League championship in 1923-24, 1924-25, and 1925-26, as well as victory in the FA Cup in 1922. In his time at Huddersfield, they also reached the FA Cup finals in 1920, 1928 and 1930. He was Huddersfield’s captain throughout most of this period, before handing over to Clem Stephenson, later to be the club’s manager.

He made one England appearance in a 5-1 defeat by Scotland on 31 March 1928.

He left Huddersfield in 1931, having made 448 league appearances (4 goals) and another 52 appearances in FA Cup matches.

He spent one season at Blackpool before retiring in 1932. He then returned to Huddersfield as assistant trainer. After World War II, he joined Barnsley as a trainer where he remained until his death in 1948.