Tom Pyle

For the clergyman and religious controversialist, see Thomas Pyle.
Tom Pyle
Personal information
Full nameTom Pyle[1]
Date of birthq4 1875[1]
Place of birthLincoln, Lincolnshire,[1] England
Date of death20 December 1958 (aged 8283)[1]
Playing positioninside / outside left
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Princess (Lincoln)
1894–1900Lincoln City27(3)
Adelaide (Lincoln)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Tom Pyle (q4 1875 – 20 December 1958) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City as an inside or outside left.[2]

Pyle appeared infrequently for Lincoln's first team, making only 30 appearances in senior competition over six seasons.[1] In March 1899 – four years after his Football League debut – the Sheffield Independent described him as "a local youth who had been introduced at outside left", who "played a very fine game, and was on more than one occasion the recipient of a splendid ovation at the hands of the spectators" as Lincoln beat Newton Heath 2–0.[3] Pyle opened the scoring in Lincoln's next game, a 2–2 draw with Small Heath,[4] and his third and last senior goal came on the opening day of the 1899–1900 Football League season, in a 3–0 defeat of Middlesbrough.[5] He also played local football in the Lincoln area.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Tom Pyle". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. "Lincoln City v. Newton Heath". The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent. 27 March 1899. p. 9.
  4. "Lincoln City v. Small Heath". The Liverpool Mercury. 1 April 1899. p. 8.
  5. "Lincoln City v. Middlesbrough". The Liverpool Mercury. 4 September 1899. p. 9.