Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Weston | ||
Date of birth | 2 April 1895 | ||
Place of birth | Halesowen, England | ||
Date of death | 1975 | ||
Place of death | Stourbridge, England | ||
Playing position | Left-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
– | Quarry Bank | ||
– | Old Hill Comrades | ||
– | Coombs Wood | ||
– | Stourbridge | ||
1911–1921 | Aston Villa | 154 | (0) |
1922–1923 | Stoke | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Thomas Weston (born 1895 in Halesowen, England) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Stoke. He made four appearances for Stoke and one hundred fifty four for Aston Villa.
Joined up in 1917 as a Private in British Army. He took part in the action on the St Quentin front, which lasted from 21st to the 26th March 1918, and was wounded in the attack on Ervilliers on the 26th of that month.
Thomas Weston spent 10 years at Villa Park winning the FA cup in 1913 and 1920. He joined the Potters as cover for Bob McGrory and Alec Milne before retiring in 1923[1]