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Tommy
Urwin |
Middlesbrough FC,
Newcastle United FC
4 appearances, 0 goals
P 4 W 2 D
1 L 1 F 10: A 8
63% successful
1921-26
captain: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Timeline |
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Tom Urwin |
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Birth |
5 February 1896 in Haswell,
County Durham [registered as Tom in Easington,
March 1896]. |
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According to the 1901
census, Tom is the third of five children, all sons, to John George and
Ann (née Smith). His father is a rope inspector at the Ryhope Colliery.
They live at 7 South View in the Ryhope area of Sunderland. |
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According to the 1911
census, Tom, an engine fitter at the colliery, is still the third of five
children, but he has a younger sister. In fact, the census tragically
reveals that his mother had ten children, and five had since died. The
family of seven live at 39 Eglinton Street in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland.
His father is a winding engine man in the colliery. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Tom is now a professional footballer (for Middlesbrough FC) and is the
oldest of the three children still living at home with their parents still
at 39 Eglinton Street.
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Marriage |
to Bertha
Gray, on 5 September 1925
[registered in Stockton-on-Tees, September 1925]. Daughter
of James Gray, an amateur footballer. They had one son, David
(b.8 February 1927) |
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According to Passenger Lists, Tom Urwin was one of eighteen footballers on an FA Tour, courtesy of Canadian Pacific Railway Company, had left the port of Liverpool on 11 May 1931, bound for Montreal, Canada, on the Duchess of Richmond. They returned from Quebec, arriving at Southampton on 23 July 1931, on board the Empress of Britain.
He was living at 7 Abingdon Street in Sunderland. |
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According to the 1939 register, Tom, a football trainer and masseuse, is
now married to Bertha and they are living at 37 Hawarden Crescent in
Sunderland, along with their son, David. |
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Death |
7 May 1968, aged
73 years 92 days
[registered in Tynemouth, June 1968]. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football in Sunderland, and spent his junior playing days in the
Sunderland Nonconformist League, playing with Fulwell FC. Afterwards, he
was playing with Lambton Star FC. Joined Shildon FC as an amateur in 1913.
He signed professional forms in February 1914. Afterwhich Middlesbrough
signed him in the May. After spending a decade with the Teesside club, for
a £3200 transfer fee, he joined Tyneside club, Newcastle United FC
on 11 August 1924. Urwin was offerd terms with 'Boro, but these were
rejected.
Urwin complete the three rivers when he joined the Wearside club,
Sunderland AFC on 7 February 1930, for a £525 transfer fee. He retired
in 1936. |
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Club honours |
Football League Champions 1926-27; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
He is
one of all a few players to play for the big three North-East clubs, even
fewer still have earned a benefit from all three clubs. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
6", 10st.
10lbs [1922]. 5'
5½", 9st.
9lbs [1928]. |
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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 seven who became the 451st
players (457) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left/right |
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First match |
No. 135, 21 May 1923, Sweden 2 England 4, an
end-of-season tour match at Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm, aged
27 years
105 days. |
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Last match |
No. 148, 1 March 1926, England 1 Wales 3, a
British Championship match at Selhurst Park, South Norwood, London, aged
30 years 24 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1925-26; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
FA Tour of
Canada 1931; |
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Distinctions |
Died eighteen
days after Alf Quantrill |
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Beyond England |
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Later became coach to Sunderland
AFC's junior players. And worked latterley as a clerk in a Sunderland
hospital, retiring in February 1962 -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.252/253. |
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Tommy Urwin - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
 | goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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5 |
4 |
1 |
360 |
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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Tommy Urwin
- Match Record - All Matches |
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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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Home |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Away |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
| All |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.50 |
2.00 |
62.5 |
+1 |
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Tommy Urwin
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| Friendly |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
| All |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.50 |
2.00 |
62.5 |
+1 |
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Tommy Urwin
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1925-26 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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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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BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Tommy Urwin
- Match History |
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Club: Middlesbrough F.C. -
3 full appearances |
F.A. International
Select Committee - 4
full capsx
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Age 25 |
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- |
124 |
14 March 1921 - Wales 0
England 0, Ninian Park, Cardiff |
BC |
AD |
reserve |
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Age
27 |
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1 |
135 |
21 May 1923 - Sweden 2 England 4,
Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm |
tour |
AW |
Start |
ol |
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2 |
136 |
24 May 1923 - Sweden 1 England 3,
Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm |
AW |
Start |
ol |
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3 |
138 |
1
November 1923 - Belgium 2 England 2, Bosuil Stadion, Antwerpen |
Fr |
AD |
Start |
ol |
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Club:
Newcastle United F.C. - 1 full cap |
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Age 30 |
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4 |
148 |
1 March 1926 - England 1 Wales 3,
Selhurst
Park, South Norwood |
BC |
HL |
Start |
or |
Notes
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