Tommy
Meehan |
Chelsea FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
0 L 1 F 1: A 2
0% successful
1923
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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John Thomas Meehan |
Birth |
Saturday, 1 August 1896 at 6 Mather
Street, Little Hulton, Salford, Lancashire
[registered in Salford, September 1896]. |
Baptism |
14 August 1896 in St. John the
Evangelist Church, Salford. |
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Cannot be found on the 1901
census. |
|
According to the 1911
census, a fifteen year-old Thomas is a dock labourer. He is the second of
five children to Bernard and Mary (nee McGarry). They live at 10 Prescot Street in
Salford, Manchester. The census reveals that another four children had
died. |
Death |
Monday, 18 August 1924 in St. George's
Hospital, Knightsbridge, aged
28 years 17 days
[registered in St.George Hanover Square, September 1924]. Died
of encephalitis lethargica. Funeral at Wandsworth Cemetery,
Earlsfield on 22 August. Currently in am unmarked grave. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
Club Career |
Club(s) |
Started
playing football with his local clubs, Newton FC, Walkden Central FC,
before Rochdale FC signed him in January 1917. He was signed by Manchester
United FC on 24 August 1917 and during his time there, was loaned back to Rochdale
FC and also Atherton FC. Meehan completed 51 league appearances,
scoring six times. He signed for Chelsea FC on 18 December 1920 for
£3300, he will go onto to play in 124 league appearances, scoring
four times, until his untimely death in 1924. |
Club honours |
None |
Individual honours |
Football
League (two appearances);
FA Charity
Shield winners-up with
Professionals 1923; |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
5'
5", 10st.
7lbs [1919]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of four who became the 460th
players (462) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Left-half |
Only match |
No. 137, 20
October 1923, Ireland 2 England 1, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 27 years
80 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1923-24; |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
Meehan's
parent were both Irish, meaning Tommy could have played for Ireland, if he
so desired. |
Beyond England |
Died of a sleeping sickness. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.171. |