Tommy Dingsdale

Thomas Dingsdale
Personal information
Full name Thomas Dingsdale
Nickname Tommy
Born December quarter 1900[1]
Prescot, Lancashire, England
Died 30 May 1940 (aged 39)[2]
York, England
Playing information
Position Fullback

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1928–≥28 St. Helens Recs
≤1936–≥36 York
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1928 England 1 0 0 0 0

Thomas "Tommy" Dingsdale (1900–1940) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, and 1930s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for St. Helens Recs, and York, as a fullback, i.e. number 1.

Playing career

International honours

Tommy Dingsdale won a cap for England while at St. Helens Recs in 1928 against Wales.[3]

County Cup Final appearances

Tommy Dingsdale played fullback, and scored 2-conversions in York's 9-2 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1936 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1936–37 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 17 October 1936.

Genelogical Information

Tommy Dingsdale was the brother of the rugby league footballer, William "Billy" Dingsdale.

Death

On 30 May 1940, Dingsdale died in York County Hospital after being injured in a car crash.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Car Falls In Front Of Express: Footballer's Death". The Manchester Guardian. 31 May 1940. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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