Tom Pyle

For the clergyman and religious controversialist, see Thomas Pyle.

Tom Pyle
Personal information
Full name Tom Pyle[1]
Date of birth 29 November 1875[2]
Place of birth Lincoln, Lincolnshire,[1] England
Date of death 20 December 1958(1958-12-20) (aged 83)[1]
Place of death Lincoln, Lincolnshire[3]
Position(s) inside / outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Princess (Lincoln)
1894–1900 Lincoln City 27 (3)
– Adelaide (Lincoln)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tom Pyle (29 November 1875 – 20 December 1958) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Lincoln City as an inside or outside left.[4]

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.[5] Pyle opened the scoring in Lincoln's next game, a 2–2 draw with Small Heath,[6] 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.[7] He also played local football in the Lincoln area.[4]

He later worked as a bricklayer in Lincoln,[2] where he died in 1958.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tom Pyle". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. ^ a b England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  4. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  5. ^ "Lincoln City v. Newton Heath". The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent. 27 March 1899. p. 9.
  6. ^ "Lincoln City v. Small Heath". The Liverpool Mercury. 1 April 1899. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Lincoln City v. Middlesbrough". The Liverpool Mercury. 4 September 1899. p. 9.


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