Tommy Charlton

Who is Tommy Charlton?

Thomas "Tommy" Charlton was an English professional association footballer who played as a winger.

He began his career with Darlington, but spent the majority of his career with Stockport County, making 93 league appearances and scoring 26 goals in four years. [1911 census shows Thomas Charlton, aged 24 as a Professional Footballer with Stockport County F.C. Census gives his birthplace as Hexam, Durham and his address in 1911 as 10 Bakewell Street, Stockport where he was a boarder with his wife Violet and his son, also called Thomas.]

After a short spell with Burnley in 1913, Charlton joined the Clarets' Lancashire neighbours Blackpool later that year. He made his debut for the Seasiders, who still hadn't appointed a full-time manager, on 22 December, in a 2–2 draw with Leeds City at Bloomfield Road. He went on to make a further twenty-two league appearances during the 1913–14 campaign, scoring three goals in the process. He also started in Blackpool's FA Cup first-round exit at Gillingham on 10 January.