Tommy Wield

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Tommy Wield
Personal information
Full name Thomas William Wield[1]
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Lincoln, England
Date of death 1963 (aged 76–77)
Place of death Lincoln
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St Catherines (Lincoln)
1904–1906 Lincoln City 13 (0)
Grantham Avenue
1909–1919 Lincoln City[a] 118 (5)
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
Gainsborough Trinity
1922 Grantham 1 (0)
Horncastle Town
Lincoln Claytons
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas William Wield (1886–1963) was an English professional footballer who made 131 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City.[1] He played as a wing half.[2]

Life and career[edit]

Wield was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire,[1] and began his football career with St Catherines before joining his local professional club, Lincoln City. He made his debut in a 1–0 win away to Burslem Port Vale in the Football League Second Division in October 1904, and played 13 league games before spending a couple of seasons back in local football with Grantham Avenue.[2] He returned to Lincoln City in 1909, and remained with the club for the next ten years, playing his last game for the club in the War League in 1919.[1]

After the war, he played for Scunthorpe & Lindsey United and Gainsborough Trinity, made one Central Alliance appearance for Grantham in September 1922, and finished his career with Horncastle Town and then Lincoln Claytons.[2][3]

Wield died in Lincoln in 1963.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Infobox stats exclude appearances in the 1911–12 season in the Central League. The free-to-access section of the Lincoln City FC Archive does not separate appearances in leagues other than the Football League from "other" appearances.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Tommy Wield". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 7 February 2013. Appearances per season are sourced via the Season Stats dropdown menu at the bottom right of this page. The site is partly subscription-based, but only free-access sections are used for reference. If pop-up login dialogue boxes appear, press the "Cancel" button to proceed.
  2. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ a b "Tommy Wield profile". Statistics: Grantham Town. thegingerbreads.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2013.