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Tommy
Mort |
Aston Villa FC
3 caps, 0 goals
P 3 W 1 D
0 L 2 F 4: A 4
33% successful
1924-26
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Thomas Mort |
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Born |
1 December 1897, Kearsley, near Farnsworth,
Lancashire [registered in
Bolton, December 1897].
Attended Farnworth Council School |
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Baptised |
9 January 1898 at St. Stephen's Church,
Farnworth with Kearsley, Lancashire. To Thomas and Mary Hannah,
Kearsley Moor. Fathers occupation: Collier |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1901
census, Thomas is the youngest of three children to Thomas and Mary Hannah
(née Nelson). They live at 11 Alma Street in Kearsley. His father
is a hewer in the coalmines. |
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According to the 1911
census, Thomas is the youngest of the three children living with their
'married' mother at 34 Lindley Street in Kearsley. Thomas is a 'cop
packer'. The cenus reveals that Thomas' parents had five children, and
that two had died. |
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Died |
6 June 1967
in Wigan, aged
69 years 187 days
[registered in Wigan, June 1967]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
9½lbs [1924]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football with St. Stephen's FC, a Sunday schoolside in Bolton.
Afterwhich he played with Newton Lads FC. Played Army Football
(Private in the Lancashire Fusiliers) during WW1. And played with
Altrincham FC and Rochdale FC afterwards. He joined Aston Villa FC in
April 1922, where he remained until his retirement in 1935,
competing in 338 league appearances, scoring twice. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1923-24; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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 |
469th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-back |
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First match |
No. 139, 3 March 1924,
England 1
Wales
2,
a British Championship match at
Ewood Park, Blackburn, aged
26 years
93 days. |
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Last match |
No. 149,
17 April 1926, England 0 Scotland
1, a British
Championship match at Old Trafford, Manchester, aged
28 years 138 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championships 1923-24, 1925-26; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.180/1. |
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Tommy Mort - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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3 |
3 |
2 |
270 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Tommy Mort
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home
- British Championship |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
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Away
- Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1.333 |
1.333 |
33.3 |
-1 |
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Tommy Mort
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championships |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC 1923-24 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| BC 1925-26 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
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All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
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All |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
0.00 |
-2 |
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Tommy Mort
- Match History |
|
Club: Aston
Villa F.C. - 3 full caps |
Coach: F.A. Select
Committee - 3
full capsx
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Age 26 |
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1 |
139 |
3 March 1924 -
England 1
Wales
2,
Ewood Park, Blackburn |
BC |
HL |
Start |
lb |
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2 |
141 |
17 May 1924 -
France
1 England 3,
Stade Pershing,
Paris |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
lb |
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Age 28 |
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3 |
149 |
17 April 1926 -
England 0 Scotland
1, Old Trafford, Manchester |
BC |
HL |
Start |
lb |
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