Tommy Briggs

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Tommy Briggs
Personal information
Full name Thomas Henry Briggs
Date of birth 27 November 1923(1923-11-27)
Place of birth    Chesterfield, England
Date of death    February 10, 1984 (aged 60)
Place of death    Grimsby, England
Height 6' 0" (1.83 m)
Playing position Centre Forward
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1946
1947-50
1950-51
1951-52
1952-57
1957-58
Plymouth Argyle
Grimsby Town
Coventry City
Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers
Grimsby Town
Glentoran
0 (0)
116 (78)
11 (7)
50 (22)
194 (140)
19 (9)   
National team
1950 England B 1 (1)
Teams managed
1959-60 Glentoran

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Tommy Briggs (27 November 192310 February 1984) was a professional footballer who played as a striker. He was born in Chesterfield and died in Grimsby.

Tommy still holds the unbeaten record of scoring 7 goals in succession for Blackburn against Bristol Rovers.

Tommy started his career at Grimsby in 1947, in 1950 he signed for Coventry but did not settle and signed for Birmingham but did not settle there either and signed for Blackburn he played 194 games and scored 140 goals for Rovers he returned to Grimsby in 1958 before finishing his career at Glentoran as player/manager.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Glentoran

Gold Cup Winners: 1960