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Tommy Reynolds (footballer)

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Tommy Reynolds
Personal information
Full name Thomas Reynolds[1]
Date of birth (1922-10-02)2 October 1922
Place of birth Felling, England
Date of death March 1998 (1998-04) (aged 75)
Place of death Gateshead, England
Position(s) Left wing
Youth career
Felling Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1953 Sunderland 167 (18)
1953–1954 King's Lynn
1954–1956 Darlington 43 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Reynolds (2 October 1922 – March 1998) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland and Darlington in the Football League as a winger.

Club career

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He joined Sunderland from youth club Felling Juniors,[2] and made his debut against Charlton Athletic on 11 September 1946 in a 5–0 defeat at The Valley.[3] Raised in the North East, he raced his own greyhounds at the local dog track.[4] He left Sunderland for King's Lynn,[3] after spending from 1946 until 1953 at the club, scoring 18 goals with 167 league appearances.[5]

He then made 43 league appearances for Darlington.[3]

He also managed a number of pubs, notably the North Moor in Sunderland, now demolished, and The Bush in the Hendon area of the town.

References

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  1. ^ "Tommy Reynolds". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Tommy Reynolds". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Charlton Athletic 5-0 Sunderland". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Tommy Reynolds". A Love Supreme. Retrieved 1 August 2008. [dead link]
  5. ^ "Tommy Reynolds". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2008.