Tommy Briggs
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Henry Briggs | ||
| Date of birth | 27 November 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Chesterfield, England | ||
| Date of death | 10 February 1984 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Grimsby, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | (0) |
| 1947–1950 | Grimsby Town | 116 | (78) |
| 1950–1951 | Coventry City | 11 | (7) |
| 1951–1952 | Birmingham City | 50 | (22) |
| 1952–1957 | Blackburn Rovers | 194 | (140) |
| 1957–1958 | Grimsby Town | 19 | (9) |
| 1959–1960 | Glentoran | ||
| Total | 390 | (256) | |
| International career | |||
| 1950 | England B | 1 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1959–1960 | Glentoran (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Henry Briggs (27 November 1923 – 10 February 1984) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire,[2] and died in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. He still holds a record for scoring seven goals in a single match for Blackburn Rovers against Bristol Rovers.[2]
Briggs started his career at Grimsby Town in 1947. In 1950 he signed for Coventry City but did not settle. He moved on to Birmingham City but did not settle there either, eventually arriving at Blackburn Rovers.[2] He played 194 games and scored 140 goals for Rovers before returning to Grimsby in 1958.
He joined Glentoran as player/manager in March 1959,[3] led them to runners-up spot in the 1959–60 Irish League, and left by mutual consent in late 1960.[4]
He played and scored for the England B-team against Switzerland B in 1950.[5]
Honours
[edit]Glentoran
[edit]Gold Cup Winners: 1960
References
[edit]- ^ Jackman, Mike (1994). Blackburn Rovers: the official encyclopaedia. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 33. ISBN 1-873626-70-3.
- ^ a b c Hayes, Dean (1993). Blackburn Rovers, An A–Z. Preston: Palatine Books. ISBN 1-874181-10-1.
- ^ "Linfield strenthen League position". Derry Journal. 17 March 1958. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Distillery did very well to take a point from Glentoran at the Oval. The Ballymacarrett club's new player-manager Tommy Briggs, ex-Grimsby Town centre-forward, had his first goal in Irish football in the seventeenth minute of the game.
- ^ "Manager Tommy Briggs and Glentoran part company". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 23 November 1960. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Courtney, Barrie (21 March 2004). "England – International Results B-Team – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
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| National | |
- 1923 births
- 1984 deaths
- Footballers from Chesterfield
- Men's association football forwards
- English men's footballers
- England men's B international footballers
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Glentoran F.C. players
- NIFL Premiership players
- English football managers
- Glentoran F.C. managers
- English Football League players
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- Men's association football player-managers
- NIFL Premiership managers