Tom Pointon
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Seth Pointon | ||
Date of birth | 1890 | ||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Coventry City | 0 | (0) | |
Redditch Town | |||
1913–1914 | Birmingham | 4 | (1) |
1914 | Redditch Town | ||
1914–1919 | Walsall | ||
1919–1920 | Nuneaton Town | ||
1920–192? | Coventry City | 2 | (0) |
– | Redditch Town | ||
1925–19?? | Tamworth Castle | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Seth Pointon (1890 – after 1924) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham and Coventry City.[1]
Pointon was born in Evesham, Worcestershire.[1] He began his football career as an amateur with Coventry City and Redditch Town before joining Birmingham, still as an amateur, in August 1913. The club were fined £5 for playing him in the reserves before the transfer formalities had been completed. An outside left, his performances in the reserves were such that he was invited to a trial for England's amateur team, which proved unsuccessful.[2] He made his debut in the Second Division on New Year's Day 1914 in a 2–0 defeat at Stockport County, and played three times more that season, scoring once,[3] but left in April 1914. He played briefly for Redditch, then joined Walsall shortly before the First World War started. After the war he had a season with Nuneaton Town before returning to the Football League with Coventry City. He played twice in the Second Division for Coventry before a third spell with Redditch and finishing his career at Tamworth Castle.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ Matthews, p. 160.
- 1890 births
- People from Evesham
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Redditch United F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Nuneaton Town F.C. players
- Tamworth F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Footballers from Worcestershire
- English football forward, 1890s birth stubs