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Currently the longest living ex-England player, 94 years 129 days, on
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Tommy
Banks |
Bolton Wanderers FC
6 appearances, 0 goals
P 6 W 0 D 5 L 1 F
8:
A
9
42%
successful
1958
captain: none
minutes played: 540 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Banks |
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Birth |
10 November 1929 at 14 Tudor Avenue, New Bury, Farnworth, Lancashire [registered in
Bolton, December 1929]. There were two Thomas Banks registered
in Bolton, December 1929. Born to John and Catherine (née
Mannion), youngest of seven children.
Attended St. James' Primary
School and Harper Green Secondary School. |
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First marriage |
to Margaret Charles, February 1952
[registered in Barton, Lancashire, March 1952]. The couple lived
at 45 Thorne Street, at Moses Gate in Farnworth. They had two children,
David and Lee. Maggie died in 1977. |
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Second marriage |
to
Marguerite R.
Morris,
November 1981 [registered in Bolton, December 1981]. |
| Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
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Biographies |
Ah'm tellin' thee - Ian Seddon [Paragon 2012] |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Banks'
started his career with a Farnworth local side, Partridges FC, competing
in the Bolton Boys Club League. He signed amateur forms with Bolton
Wanderers FC in 1945 and turning out for the Bolton Boy's Federation
under-18's team. That in turn led to him being picked as left-back
in the Great Britain Boys Club, and soon he was captaining the England
Boys Club team. It got him noticed by a lot of major clubs. Leeds United
AFC wanted him on amateur forms. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Burnley, FC,
Arsenal FC and Portsmouth were also courting the up-and-coming left-back.
There is also a story of the great Matt Busby turning up on his mother's
doorstep whilst Tommy was at work at the pits one Friday afternoon,
inviting him to watch Manchester United FC the following day. Tommy
declined and awaited the call from his beloved Bolton Wanderers FC, whom
he signed part-time professional forms with in November 1946. After
seven league appearances in four years, Tommy signed his full-time
professional contract with Wanderers on 10 November 1950. It meant he left
the coalpit, but it also meant he was available for National Service,
which he duly served from January 1951. After fifteen years at Burnden
Park, in which he played in 233 league matches, scoring twice,
Tommy left for a new challenge, after Bolton refused to release
him to Oldham Athletic FC for less than a £10,000 transfer fee. So in the
world of 'retain and transfer', Banks found hiimslef playing with
Altrincham FC in the Cheshire league for two seasons, and finally for
Bangor City FC in 1963 until he hung up his boots in the summer of 1965,
after turning down the opportunity to take over as manager a year
previously. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup runners-up 1952-53
(non-playing), winners 1957-58; Welsh Cup
runners-up 1963-64; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Tommy played
alongside his older brother, Ralph (nine years older) at Bolton Wanderers.
Ralph was a right-back.
Tommy became the first English Sportsman to
advertise on television, Blue Gillette on ITV. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
7½", 12st.
[1958]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ian Seddon's Ah'm
tellin' thee [2012]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of three
who were the 768th
players (769) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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First match |
No. 321, 18 May 1958, USSR 1
England 1, a pre-World Cup Finals warm-up tour match at Lenin Stadium,
Moskva, aged 28 years
189 days. |
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Last match |
No. 326, 4 October 1958, Northern
Ireland 3 England 3, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged
28 years 328 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World
Cup Finals 1958;
British Championship
1958-59; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1958-59; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Returned to bricklaying as a full-time
vocation following his retirement from football, even running a couple of
businesses that would eventually turn sour. Tommy even ran a newsagents
shop on Kildare Street, Farnworth, for a couple
of years. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.23. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
reserve |
minutes |
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captain |
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8 |
6 |
5 |
one |
540 |
0 |
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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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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6 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.333 |
1.667 |
41.6 |
-1 |
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All matches were played in a white shirt |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Neutral |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.20 |
37.5 |
-1 |
Competition Record
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Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
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WCF |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.20 |
37.5 |
-1 |
| World Cup |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.20 |
37.5 |
-1 |
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British Championship |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| Friendly |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Tournament Record
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World Cup Final Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCF 1958 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.20 |
37.5 |
-1 |
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WCF
All |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.20 |
37.5 |
-1 |
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British Championship |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1958-59 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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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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WC |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.20 |
37.5 |
-1 |
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BC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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5 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
1.40 |
1.60 |
40.0 |
-1 |
Match History
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Club: Bolton
Wanderers F.C. - six full appearances
(540 min) |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - six full appearances (540 min)x
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