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Tom Lyons
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Thomas Lyons
Position(s)	Full-back
Youth career
	Hednesford Town
	Bridgtown Amateurs
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Aston Villa
1917–1922	Port Vale
	Walsall
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Alfred Thomas (Tom) Lyons (5 July 1885 – October 1938) was an English footballer.

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 '''Alfred Thomas (Tom) Lyons''' (5 July 1885 &ndash; October 1938) was an [[English people|English]] [[Football (soccer)|footballer]].
-==Playing career==
-Lyons played for [[Hednesford Town F.C.|Hednesford Town]], Bridgtown Amateurs and [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] before he joined [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]], initially on guest terms, in January 1917. He was a member of the side that lifted the [[Staffordshire Senior Cup]] and shared the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup in 1920. By March 1921 however, he had lost his first team place and was released at the close of the [[1921–22 Port Vale F.C. season|1921&ndash;22 season]]. He had played 146 games (63 in the [[football league]]) and scored 3 goals for the club. Lyons later played for [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall]] in a player-coach capacity.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=179|date=1996|isbn=0952915200|url=http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200}}</ref>
 ==Honours==