Tommy Wield
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas William Wield[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Lincoln, England | ||
| Date of death | 1963 (aged 76–77) | ||
| Place of death | Lincoln | ||
| Playing position | Wing half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | St Catherines | ||
| 1904–1906 | Lincoln City | 13 | (0) |
| – | Grantham Avenue | ||
| 1909–1919 | Lincoln City[lower-alpha 1] | 118 | (5) |
| – | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | ||
| – | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
| 1922 | Grantham | 1 | (0) |
| – | Horncastle Town | ||
| – | Lincoln Claytons | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Thomas William "Tommy" Wield (1886–1963) was an English professional footballer who made 131 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City.[1] He played as a wing half.[2]
Life and career
Wield was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire,[1] and began his football career with St Catherines before joining his local professional club, Lincoln City. He made his debut in a 1–0 win away to Burslem Port Vale in the Football League Second Division in October 1904, and played 13 league games before spending a couple of seasons back in local football with Grantham Avenue.[2] He returned to Lincoln City in 1909, and remained with the club for the next ten years, playing his last game for the club in the War League in 1919.[1]
After the war, he played for Scunthorpe & Lindsey United and Gainsborough Trinity, made one Central Alliance appearance for Grantham in September 1922, and finished his career with Horncastle Town and then Lincoln Claytons.[2][3]
Wield died in Lincoln in 1963.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Infobox stats exclude appearances in the 1911–12 season in the Central League. The free-to-access section of the Lincoln City FC Archive does not separate appearances in leagues other than the Football League from "other" appearances.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Tommy Wield". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 7 February 2013. Appearances per season are sourced via the Season Stats dropdown menu at the bottom right of this page. The site is partly subscription-based, but only free-access sections are used for reference. If pop-up login dialogue boxes appear, press the "Cancel" button to proceed.
- 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- 1 2 "Tommy Wield profile". Statistics: Grantham Town. thegingerbreads.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2013.