Tom Pyle
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tom Pyle[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1875[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lincoln, Lincolnshire,[1] England | ||
| Date of death | 20 December 1958 (aged 83)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Lincoln, Lincolnshire[3] | ||
| Position(s) | inside / outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Princess (Lincoln) | ||
| 1894–1900 | Lincoln City | 27 | (3) |
| – | Adelaide (Lincoln) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Tom Pyle (29 November 1875 – 20 December 1958) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City as an inside or outside left.[4]
Pyle appeared infrequently for Lincoln's first team, making only 30 appearances in senior competition over six seasons.[1] In March 1899 – four years after his Football League debut – the Sheffield Independent described him as "a local youth who had been introduced at outside left", who "played a very fine game, and was on more than one occasion the recipient of a splendid ovation at the hands of the spectators" as Lincoln beat Newton Heath 2–0.[5] Pyle opened the scoring in Lincoln's next game, a 2–2 draw with Small Heath,[6] and his third and last senior goal came on the opening day of the 1899–1900 Football League season, in a 3–0 defeat of Middlesbrough.[7] He also played local football in the Lincoln area.[4]
He later worked as a bricklayer in Lincoln,[2] where he died in 1958.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Tom Pyle". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ a b 1939 England and Wales Register
- ^ a b England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ "Lincoln City v. Newton Heath". The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent. 27 March 1899. p. 9.
- ^ "Lincoln City v. Small Heath". The Liverpool Mercury. 1 April 1899. p. 8.
- ^ "Lincoln City v. Middlesbrough". The Liverpool Mercury. 4 September 1899. p. 9.
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