Support The Blue Cross - Britain's pet charity
leeds-fans.org.uk
Scotland flag

Tom Townsley

Scotland flag

Sorry - no images available

Position Centre back
Born 28 Apr 1898, Polmont (Scotland)
Height 180 cm
Weight 70 kg
International Caps Scotland: 1 full

Club From To Apps Goals Sold for
Falkirk 01 Aug 1919 01 Dec 1925     £5000
Leeds United 01 Dec 1925 01 Oct 1931 167 2  
Falkirk 01 Oct 1931 01 Jun 1933      

Leeds Career League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other
Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1925 - 1926 21 1 1   0   0   0  
1926 - 1927 42   3   0   0   0  
1927 - 1928 42 1 1   0   0   0  
1928 - 1929 38   3   0   0   0  
1929 - 1930 9   0   0   0   0  
1930 - 1931 7   0   0   0   0  
Total 159 2 8   0   0   0  

Jabba's Comments

Capped by Scotland just the once, Tom Townsley was a versatile defender who formed a key part of the Leeds side in the late 1920s. He started out as a centre-half but spent the latter part of his career at Leeds partnered with Bill Menzies at full-back. He returned to Scotland with Falkirk and continued playing until he was 35. He moved into management with Peterhead just before the war, enjoying a long spell at the helm.

David Frank Townsley says: Could he be a distant reletive of mine?

Robin Townsley Arcus says: In case anyone would still be interested in this sort of thing, my brother is Tom Townsley. However, he is 45 and living in Syracuse , NY. He is a harmonic player and English professor.

George Ritchie says: I saw Tom Townsley play in a veterans match for Peterhead againsBuchan rivals Fraserburgh in 1947. Tom had a tobaconist shop in Queen Street Peterhead and later on worked as greenkeeper at the local golf course He continued to watch and support Peterhead FC right up to his death Tom is featured on the front page of a book on Peterhead FC "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" available from the Buchan Observer Peterhead or e-mailing ronheads _at_ hotmail.com


Have your say

Did you see Tom Townsley play? Did you meet him in a pub, go to school with him, decorate his house or buy a motor from him? If you've got any comments or stories about Tom Townsley on or off the pitch, just fill in the form below and (provided they're not blatantly libellous) I'll add them to this page. And just a quick note to the spammers who try to add their links to this page by attempting to get round the client-side validation: don't bother - the server side does similar checks and throws your garbage straight into the bit bucket.

Comment
Your name
Your email address

Leeds United Web Ring
Prev 5 | Skip Prev | Prev | Next | Skip Next | Next 5
Random | List | Join | Awards | Member : Jabba
 

Counter leeds-fans.org.uk is run by Jabba. Last modified $Date: 2008/07/20 23:02:40 $. Credits