Tommy Harmer

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Tommy Harmer
Personal information
Full name	Tommy Harmer
Date of birth	February 2, 1928
Place of birth	Hackney, England
Date of death	December 25, 2007 (aged 79)
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
1948-1951	Tottenham Hotspur
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1951-1960 1960-1962 1962-1963	Tottenham Hotspur Watford Chelsea	222 (51) 0062 (6) 008 (1)
Teams managed
1963-1967	Chelsea (youth team coach)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Tommy Harmer (February 2, 1928 – December 25, 2007) was an English footballer who played at inside-forward.

Nicknamed "Harmer the Charmer", he signed as an amateur in August 1948 and made his debut against Bolton in September, 1951. He made 222 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur and scoring 51 goals before moving to Watford in October 1960.

Harmer signed for Chelsea in 1962 at the age of 34 and made his debut at home to Middlesbrough in October of that year. In total, he played nine games for Chelsea helping to win promotion to the top flight under manager Tommy Docherty. He scored just one goal, in a vital 1-0 away win against Sunderland in the penultimate game of the 1962-63 promotion season.

Harmer also played an important role in developing young players during the Docherty era, remaining as youth team coach until June 1967.

After his death, a minute's applause was held in his memory before Tottenham Hotspur's Boxing Day win over Fulham at White Hart Lane.^[1]

[edit] References

• Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. Surrey: T.G Jones. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1. 

[edit] External links

• Tommy Harmer, chelseafc.com
• OBITUARY - TOMMY HARMER, tottenhamhotspur.com

Persondata
NAME	Tommy Harmer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	2 February 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hackney, London
DATE OF DEATH	25 December 2007
PLACE OF DEATH