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Tommy
Clare |
Stoke FC
4 caps, 0 goals
P 4 W 3 D 1 L 0 F x:
A x
88% successful
1889-94
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Thomas Clare |
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Born |
January to March 1865 in Congleton, Cheshire [registered in
Congleton, March 1865]. |
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Baptised |
5 March 1865 in Mowcop, Biddulph,
Staffordshire. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1871 census,
Thomas was the sixth of seven children to Thomas and Elizabeth Leigh (née
Cotterell) living in 4 Albert Street in Oldcott, Wolstanton. His father is
an earthenware manufacturer. |
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According to the 1881 census,
and now with three more younger siblings (the older three siblings have
moved on), Thomas Jnr is a encaustic tile maker, his father still a
earthenware manufacturer, all living at 21 John Street in Wolstanton. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Thomas is one of eight children, one of them new in the past ten years,
still living with their parents in Wolstanton High Street in Goldenhill.
Thomas is a encaustic tile draughtsman. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Thomas is now married to Beata, with one daughter, May Vaughan. They live
at 25 High Lane in Burslem. He is a manager for tile spraying machines. |
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Not on the 1911 census,
probably in Canada. But no evidence can be found of when he
emigrated. |
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Married |
to Beata
Vaughan
[registered in Wolstanton, September 1891]. Beata was born
in Ruabon, Denbighshire in Wales. |
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Died |
27 December
1929 in Yellow Point, Ladysmith, Vancouver, British Colombia, aged
64 years nk days
[not registered in England]. Buried in Namino, Vancouver Island,
British Colombia in Canada. |
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Height/Weight |
about 6'
0", 13st.
0lbs [1897]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
(additional info from BroughFamily.org) |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
He made his
senior debut in a Stoke jersey in 1885 and went on to amass a total of 251
League and Cup appearances for the club, scoring six goals, up to 1897.
He represented Staffordshire on several occasions and gained four full
England caps as a Stoke player and on leaving the club he had one League
game for Manchester City (on trial) before rejoining Burslem Port Vale as
player-coach (1898), retiring as a player three years later. He continued
to coach the Valiants and was their manager in 1905-06, but soon
afterwards he emigrated to Canada. |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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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 |
xth
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
x |
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First match |
No. x, aged x years
x days. |
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Last match |
No. x, aged x years x days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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Emigrated to Canada before 1914. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.65/66. |
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