Tommy Priestley
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas James Montgomery Priestley | ||
Date of birth | 11 March 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Date of death | 28 July 1985 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1928–1932 | Coleraine | ||
1932–1933 | Linfield | ||
1933–1934 | Chelsea | 23 | (1) |
Shelbourne | |||
International career | |||
1932–1933 | Ireland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas James Montgomery Priestley (11 March 1911 – 28 July 1985) was a Northern Irish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.
Personal life
[edit]Born in Belfast, Priestley wore a rugby-style skull cap to cover his premature baldness.[1]
Career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Priestley began his senior career with Coleraine in 1928, after moving there from Cookstown. Priestley moved to Linfield in 1932, before signing with English side Chelsea just a year later. Priestley only spent one season with Chelsea - making 23 appearances in The Football League - before returning to Ireland with Shelbourne.
International career
[edit]Priestley earned two caps for Ireland between 1932 and 1933.
References
[edit]- ^ John Ashdown and Rob Smyth (30 September 2009). "Which teams have been punished for defeats?". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
External links
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Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1985 deaths
- Pre-1950 IFA men's international footballers
- Coleraine F.C. players
- Linfield F.C. players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Shelbourne F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Men's association football forwards
- Association footballers from Belfast
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Republic of Ireland association football biography stubs