Tommy Banks (footballer)

Tommy Banks
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Banks
Date of birth	10 November 1929 (1929-11-10) (age 82)
Place of birth	Farnworth, Bolton, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1947–1961	Bolton Wanderers	233	(2)
1961–1963	Altrincham	61	(1)
1963–1967	Bangor City
National team
1958	England	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Thomas Banks (born 10 November 1929 at Farnworth, Bolton is a retired English footballer.

He played for Bolton Wanderers from 1947 to 1961,^[1] and six matches for the England national football team in 1958, including all four matches in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. As recounted in Declan Hill’s book “The Fix”, Banks also had a small but influential role in the fight to acquire better pay and conditions for football players in the 1961 labour dispute with the Football League. He also played non-league football for Altrincham.

References

Tommy Banks England profile at Englandstats

^ "Tommy Banks". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/tommybanks.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-16.

England squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup

1 McDonald 2 Howe 3 Banks 4 Clamp 5 Wright 6 Slater 7 Douglas 8 Robson 9 Kevan 10 Haynes 11 Finney 12 Hopkinson 13 Hodgkinson 14 Sillett 15 Clayton 16 Norman 17 Brabrook 18 Broadbent 19 Smith 20 Charlton 21 A'Court 22 Setters Coach: Winterbottom

Persondata
Name	Banks, Tommy
Alternative names
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Date of birth	10 November 1929
Place of birth	Farnworth, Bolton, England
Date of death
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