Tommy Dickson

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Tommy Dickson
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Personal information
Full name Tommy Dickson
Date of birth July 16, 1929(1929-07-16)
Place of birth    Linfield, Northern Ireland
Date of death    December 31, 2007 (aged 78)
Place of death    Linfield, Northern Ireland
Playing position Striker
Youth clubs
Roosevelt Street Boys Club
Brantwood
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1948-1965
1965
Linfield
Glentoran
660 (454)
009 (3)   
National team
1956 Northern Ireland 001 (0)

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

Tommy Dickson (16 July 192931 December 2007) was a former Northern Irish international footballer who played with Linfield from 1948 to 1965. He was born in Belfast. He played 660 times for Linfield, scoring 454 goals.

Dickson was a favourite player at Windsor Park and was so revered that he was known to Linfield supporters as "The Duke of Windsor." He earned one cap for Northern Ireland, against Scotland in 1956.

He died aged 78 on 31 December 2007.[1]

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