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Tom
Mort |
Aston Villa FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 1 D
0 L 2 F 4: A 4
33% successful
1924-26
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Private Thomas Mort |
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Birth |
1 December 1897, Kearsley, near Farnsworth,
Lancashire [registered in
Bolton, December 1897].
Attended Kearsley Moor Church of
England School and Farnworth Council School. |
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Baptism |
9 January 1898 at St. Stephen's Church,
Farnworth with Kearsley. To Thomas and Mary Hannah,
Kearsley Moor. Fathers occupation: Collier |
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According to the 1901
census, Thomas is the youngest of three children to Thomas and Mary Hannah
(née Nelson). They live at 11 Alma Street in Kearsley. His father
is a hewer in the coalmines.
According to his school admissions,
Thomas began Kearsley Moor Infants on 24 February 1902. Living at Manor
Cottages. He joined the juniors on 1 June 1905, and now living at 53
Slackey Brow. |
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According to the 1911
census, Thomas is the youngest of the three children living with their
'married' mother at 34 Lindley Street in Kearsley. Thomas is a 'cop
packer'. The census reveals that Thomas' parents had five children, and
that two had died. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Thomas is a coal mine hewer at the local Kearsley Colliery. He is boarding
with the Morris family at 13 Rutter Street in Kearsley.
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Marriage |
to
Prudence Blewer
[registered in Salford, June 1922]. They had one
son, Thomas K. (b.26 February 1926) |
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According to the 1939 register, Thomas, an unemployed ex-professional
footballer, is married to Prudence and they live at 2 Villa Avenue in
Wigan along with son Thomas K. |
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Death |
6 June 1967
in Wigan, aged
69 years 187 days
[registered in Wigan, June 1967]. |
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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) |
Played
schoolboy football as a centre-forward with St. Stephen's FC, a Sunday school side in Bolton.
Afterwhich he played with Newton Lads FC. Played Army Football
(Private in the Lancashire Fusiliers) during WW1. And played with
Altrincham FC and Rochdale FC afterwards, rejecting an offer to join
Bolton Wanderers FC. He joined Aston Villa FC on 12 April 1922 for a £1300
transfer fee, where he remained until 1 May 1935,
competing in 338 league appearances, scoring twice. Villa decided
not to retain Mort, and in turn, with no other clubs coming in for the
ex-international, he walked away from the game in June. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup runners-up 1923-24; Football League
runners-up 1930-31, 1932-33; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 11st.
7lbs [1922],
5'
8", 11st.
4lbs [1924], 5' 8", 12st 3lbs.
[1928] |
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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 four who became the
468th
players (469) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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First match |
No. 139, 3 March 1924,
England 1
Wales
2,
a British Championship match at
Ewood Park, Ewood, Blackburn, aged
26 years
93 days. |
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Last match |
No. 149,
17 April 1926, England 0 Scotland
1, a British
Championship match at Old Trafford, Stretford, Manchester, aged
28 years 137 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1923-24, 1925-26; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.180/1. |
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Tom Mort - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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3 |
3 |
2 |
270 |
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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Tom Mort
- 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
- British Championship |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
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Away
- Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1.333 |
1.333 |
33.3 |
-1 |
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Tom Mort
- 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 |
| BC 1923-24 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| BC 1925-26 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
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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 |
| BC |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
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All |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
Notes
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