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  1. Biography

     Football career  Cricket Coaching and Later Career 

  2. References

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Tommy (Thomas) Clay (19 November 1892 – 21 February 1949) was a professional footballer who played fullback for Leicester Fosse (the original name for Leicester City), Tottenham Hotspur and England during the 1910s and 1920s.

Biography

Football career

Thomas Clay joined Leicester Fosse in April 1911 and made his first appearance for the team against Bradford Park Avenue F.C. on 11 November that year, having previously made a name for himself for local side Belvoir Sunday School Juniors.[1]

Tommy came to the attention of Tottenham during a FA Cup tie between the two sides in 1914. Together with teammate Harry Sparrow he was signed by Spurs following the match. Tommy played for Spurs throughout the First World War participating in 107 friendly matches. He captained the side in 1920 when it won the Second division title. In March 1921 he kept a clean sheet as stand-in goalkeeper in a 1 – 0 victory over Sunderland. Later the same year, although not captain, he played in the 1921 FA Cup Final. He continued to play for Tottenham, totting-up 318 league appearances (23 goals) and 33 FA Cup matches (1 goal), until May 1929 when he became player-coach at Northfleet club with close associations with Tottenham.[2]

He won his first of four England Caps against Wales at Highbury on 15 March 1920 and the last on 8 April 1922 against Scotland[3]

Cricket Coaching and Later Career

In 1923 Thomas had been a trialist for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and between 1926 and 1929 during his time at Spurs he took up cricket coaching at Public Schools including Highgate, St Paul's and Berkhamsted.

He coached Dutch football side HVV Den Haag between 1937 and 1939.[4]

After retiring from football he subsequently ran a pub and sports outfitters in St Albans. He was working as a builders' labourer in Southend when he died in 1949.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite book |last=Taylor|first=Paul |title=Of Fossils and Foxes: The Official Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club |year=2001 |publisher=Polar Print Group Ltd |location=England |isbn=978-1-899538-21-8}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/legends/tommyclay.html|title=Thomas Clay biog on THFC site}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=230|title=Thomas Clay English International record on England Stats site}}
4. ^Haagsevoetbalhistorie
5. ^{{cite book |last=Taylor|first=paul |title=Of Fossils and Foxes: The Official Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club |year=2001 |publisher=Polar Print Group Ltd |location=England |isbn=978-1-899538-21-8}}
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