Tom Richardson (footballer)

Tom Richardson

Personal information
Full name	Tom Richardson
Date of birth	1891
Place of birth	Worksop, England
Height	5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Playing position	Right Back/Left Back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1908–1910	Worksop Town
1910–1911	Retford Town
1911–1916	Sheffield United	2	(0)
1919–1929	Worksop Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:17, 27 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Tom Richardson (born 1891, date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played as a full back and spent the majority of his career at Worksop Town. He did have a three-year spell in the Football League with Sheffield United but managed only a handful of appearances in that time. He was born in Worksop.

Career

Richardson started his career with Worksop Town, spent a season at Retford Town, and eventually arrived at Sheffield United.^[1] He failed to succeed at what was then one of the top sides in the country and made only a couple of appearances in the Football League and a handful more during wartime football.^[1]

Richardson had initially worked in Manton Colliery and enlisted in the army during the Second World War,^[1] he returned to Worksop Town on his discharge where he spend ten years as a mainstay of the side, captaining it for much of that time.^[1]

References

1. Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham (2008). Sheffield United Who's Who. Hallamshire Press. p. 271. ISBN 978-1-874718-69-7.