Tom Brooks (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas William Brooks[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 2 February 1948||
Place of birth | Wallsend, England | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Lincoln City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1965–1971 | Lincoln City | 113 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Thomas William "Tom" Brooks (born 2 February 1948) is an English former professional footballer who made 113 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City. He played as a defender.[2]
Brooks was born in Wallsend, which was then in Northumberland.[1] He was an apprentice with Lincoln City[2] before making his debut on 10 April 1965 in a 2–0 win against Darlington in the Football League Fourth Division. He scored only once in a six-year career with the club,[1] "a ferocious 30-yard drive" to give Lincoln a 2–0 lead away at Brentford in April 1968.[3] He finished his league career in 1971 after 120 appearances in senior competition.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Tom Brooks". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- 1 2 "Lincoln City: 1946/47–1986/87 & 1988/89–2010/11". UK A-Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ "Cobb clobbers his old club". Daily Express. 24 April 1968. p. 16.
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