Tom Lyons
Defender, Football player
1885 – 1938
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Who was Tom Lyons?
Alfred Thomas "Tom" Lyons was an English footballer and cricketer. He played as a wicket-keeper for Staffordshire in the 1913 Minor Counties Cricket Championship.
He played for Aston Villa from 1907 to 1915, and then joined Port Vale in January 1917. Five years later he moved on to Walsall as a player-coach. He helped Villa to win the First Division in 1909–10 and the FA Cup in 1913. They also finished second in the league in 1907–08, 1910–11, 1912–13, and 1913–14, and was also on the losing side in the 1910 FA Charity Shield.
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- Born
- Jul 5, 1885
Hednesford - Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- Hednesford
- Died
- Oct 1, 1938
Hednesford
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on July 23, 2013
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