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Tommy
Clay |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
4 appearances, 0 goals
P 4 W 1 D 1 L 2 F 3:
A 4
38% successful
1920-22
captain: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Clay |
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Birth |
19 November 1892 at
56 Graham Street, Leicester, Leicestershire [registered in
Leicester, December 1892]. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Thomas is the youngest of four children to Thomas and Mary J., living at
144 Jarrom Street in Leicester. His father is a bricklayer. Jarrom
Street was a stones-throw away from Filbert Street, home ground of
Leicester Fosse. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Tom is still living at 144 Jarrom Street with his three sisters and
parents. His eldest sister, Florence, is described as feeble-minded. Tom is now a builder's improver.
The census return reveals that Thomas is one of six children in total, and
that another seven had died in their infancy. |
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Marriage |
to Florrie Fisher
[registered in Nottingham, September 1914]. |
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According to the
1921 census, Thomas, a brick layer (for Tottenham & Edmonton Light & Gas
Compan), is now married to Florrie, and they have one daughter, Marjorie.
They live at 120 Paxton Road in Tottenham with his mother-in-law, Sarah
Fisher. |
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According to the 1939 register, Thomas, a general labourer, is living at
The Oak, in St. Alban's Road in Saint Albans. He is stated as still being
married, but there is no Florrie here. |
"TOMMY CLAY HURT
"Tommy Clay, the former Tottenham and England
back, is in hospital as a result of an injury received in the London raid
on Friday night. This injury is not serious. The house in which he was
living was wrecked." -
Sunday, 29 December 1940, The People |
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Death |
21 February 1949
in Southend Hospital, aged
56 years 94 days
[registered in Southend-on-sea, March 1949]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began
his football career playing for junior side Belvoir Street Sunday School
FC. HIs local club signed him, Leicester Fosse FC in the 1911 close
season. Tottenham Hotspur FC took him and Henry Sparrow south on 16
January 1914. After 318 league appearances
and 23 goals, and failing to be retained on 13 April 1929, he
joined their nursery club side, Northfleet FC, as a player-captain in the July
until 1931. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Two winners 1919-20
(as captain); FA Cup winners 1920-21; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
Had a
trial in 1923 with the Leicestershire CCC |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 11st.
10lbs [1921]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One
of five who became the 390th
players (390)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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First match |
No. 121,
15 March 1920,
England 1 Wales
2, a British
Championship match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, aged 27 years
117 days. |
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Last match |
No. 129, 8 April 1922, England 0
Scotland 1, a British Championship match at Villa Park, Trinity Road,
Aston, Birmingham, aged 29 years 140 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1919-20, 1921-22; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Only the second
Leicestershire player to represent England, after
Chris Charsley.
Died fifteen days after
William Bromley-Davenport |
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Beyond England |
Coached St Albans City FC from the
1931 close season. Also coached HVV Den Haag from 1937 until 1939. He was
a bricklayer by trade and, after leaving football, returned to the
building industry in the Southend area, as well as being a licensed
victualler. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.66/67.
His obituary in 1949
confirmed that in the 1930's, he was employed as a saleman by Pope & Smith
of Chelmsford. - Essex Newsman Herald |
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Tommy Clay - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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4 |
4 |
4 |
360 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Tommy Clay
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
0.667 |
1.00 |
33.0 |
-1 |
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Away |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All
-
British Championship |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
0.75 |
1.00 |
37.5 |
-1 |
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Tommy Clay
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1919-20 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC 1921-22 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.667 |
0.667 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
0.75 |
1.00 |
37.5 |
-1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
0.75 |
1.00 |
37.5 |
-1 |
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All |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
0.75 |
1.00 |
37.5 |
-1 |
Notes
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