Tommy Hymers

Tommy Hymers
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Hymers
Date of birth	29 April 1935
Place of birth	Thorne, England
Date of death	May 1987 (aged 52)
Place of death	Sheffield, England
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Frickley Colliery
1959–1961	Doncaster Rovers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Hymers (29 April 1935 – May 1987) was an English footballer who played as a defender (association football) in the Football League for Doncaster Rovers.^[1]

Career

Hymers was born in Thorne, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He worked in Frickley Colliery and also played for their football team.^[1] He joined Doncaster Rovers in 1958 and played in 22 matches during the 1959–60 season and five matches in 1960–61 which included Doncaster's first match in the League Cup, a 3–1 victory over Stoke City.^[1] Unfortunately for Hymers he scored an own goal, giving him the dubious honour of being Stoke's first goalscorer in the League Cup.^[3]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Doncaster Rovers^[1]	1959–60	19	0	3	0	0	0	22	0
Doncaster Rovers^[1]	1960–61	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Career total		23	0	3	0	1	0	27	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Tommy Hymers profile". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Tom Hymers". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
^ "Landmarks". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

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[Tommy_Hymers-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Tommy Hymers profile". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

[Hugman-2] "Tom Hymers". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

[3] "Landmarks". Stoke City F.C. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

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