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Tom
Gardner |
Aston Villa FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F
2:
A 2
50% successful
1934-35
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Gardner |
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Birth |
Saturday, 28 May 1910 at Tarbock Road, Huyton, Liverpool, Lancashire [registered in
Prescot, September 1910]. |
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According to the 1911
census, ten-month old Thomas was the youngest of the two children to Thomas and
Agnes Maud (née McHenry). With one servant and his mother's
widowed father, Daniel McHenry, they live at Tarbock Road in Huyton. His
father is a bookkeeper for a wine & spirit merchant. |
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Marriage |
to
Jessica Margaret Crabb [b.16 September 1912] [registered in West Derby,
June 1930]. one son, Keith |
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According to the 1939 register, Thomas, an aircraft stressed skin
rivetter, is married
to Jessie M., and they live at 561 Brunshaw Road in Burnley. |
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Death |
Monday, 16
February 1970 at the Chester FC Social Club, Sealand Road in Chester, aged
59 years 264 days
[registered in Chester, March 1970].
"GARDNER—On 16th February, 1960,
at the Social Club, Chester Football Club Sealand Road, Chester. Thomas
Gardner, husband of Jessie Margaret Gardener and father of Keith. Aged 59
years." - Cheshire Observer, Friday, 20 February 1970 |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Gardner
began his junior football career playing with Marine FC and Orrell FC, within Liverpool.
Liverpool FC did sign him on amateur forms in 1928, turning professional
in 1929. However, after just five league outings, Grimsby
Town FC signed Gardner on 4 May 1931, where he made just thirteen
league appearances. Hull City FC signed both Gardner and WT Bell
on 10 May 1932 for a 'modest' transfer fee, making 66 league
appearances and scoring twice. Aston Villa FC then finally got
their man on 22 February 1934 for a £4500 transfer fee, they had been
chasing him sign the turn of the year. After 74 league
appearances, and one goal, Burnley FC
signed Gardner on 7 April 1938. During WWII, he guested for Blackpool FC
and Southport AFC in 1944. On 13 December 1945, following 39
league appearances and three goals, Gardner was signed by Wrexham AFC as an outside-right
and player-coach, breaking their transfer fee paid record in the process.
He made 33 league appearances and scored four goals. He was the
player-manager for Wellington Town FC from 1948 until 1951, playing
alongside his son, Keith.
Signed as player-manager at Oswestry Town FC on 19 January 1952 until
mid-1954. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Three (North) winners 1932-33; Division Two winners
1937-38; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (1939) |
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Distinctions |
On 27 September 1932, won a
throw-in competition, organised by the Daily Mail, with a throw of 32 yards and two inches.
Rotherham United FC's J.C. Johnson came second with a throw of 30yds 2ft
4ins. Newcastle United FC's Sam Weaver, reputed to have the longest throw
at the time, did not enter. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 10st.
3lbs [1928 & 1929]. 5' 9½", 11st.
4lbs [1934]. |
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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 two who became
598th
players (598) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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First match |
No. 193,
16 May 1934,
Czechoslovakia
2 England 1, an
end-of-season tour match at Stadión Letná, Milady Horákové, Praha, aged
23 years
353 days. |
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Last match |
No. 198, 18 May 1935, Netherlands
0 England 1,
a friendly match at Olympisch Stadion,
Stadionbuurt, Amsterdam, aged 24 years
355 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died
nine days after Frank Moss |
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Beyond England |
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After leaving Oswestry, he became the
assistant trainer at Chester City FC from 1954 until May 1967, afterwhich
he continued as a steward at Sealand Road. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.104. |
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Tom Gardner - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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7 |
2 |
0 |
180 |
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 Gardner
- 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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Away
- Friendly |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
+0 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
+0 |
Tom Gardner
- Match History
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Club:
Aston Villa F.C.
- two full appearances (180 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - two full appearances (180 min)x
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Age 24 |
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194 |
29 September 1934 -
Wales
0
England
4, Ninian Park, Cardiff |
BC |
AW |
reserve |
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195 |
14 November 1934 -
England 3
Italy 2, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
reserve |
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196 |
6 February 1935 -
England 2 Ireland 1,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
BC |
HW |
reserve |
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197 |
6 April 1935 - Scotland 2 England 0,
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AL |
reserve |
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2 |
198 |
18 May 1935 -
Netherlands
0 England 1,
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
rh |
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Notes
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