Tommy Hands

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Tommy Hands
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Hands
Date of birth	4 January 1870
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing position	Outside left
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1890–1896 1896–1900	Small Heath Kings Heath	134 (40)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas "Tommy" Hands (born 4 January 1870, deceased) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left. He played 134 games for Small Heath in the Football Alliance and the Football League.

Born in Small Heath, Birmingham, Hands played for several clubs in the local area before signing for Small Heath, then playing in the Football Alliance, in December 1890. He went on to make nearly 150 appearances for the club. The strength of Hands's game lay in his speed, but in Small Heath's first Football League season, in which they won the inaugural Second Division championship, he was part of a forward line who all reached double figures of goals scored. He also contributed to their runners-up spot and promotion to the First Division the following year and played for a further two years in the top flight. At the end of the 1895–96 season he walked out of the club over a dispute about money and never played league football again.

[edit] References

• Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books, pp. 93, 140–43. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 

Persondata
NAME	Hands, Tommy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hands, Thomas
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1870-01-04
PLACE OF BIRTH	Small Heath, Birmingha, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH