Tommy Crawley

Tommy Crawley

Tommy Crawley

Forward
Place Of Birth Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date Of Birth 10 November 1911
Date Of Death 1 January 1977 (65)
Last Win 8 April 1947 29052days ago
Last Loss 19 October 1946 29223days ago
Statistics
Games Played
50
-
Per Game
Games Started
50
1.0
Per Game
Substituted In
0
0
Per Game
Minutes
4500
90.0
Per Game
Goals
16
0.3
Per Game
Goal From Penalty
0
0
Per Game
Assists
0
0
Per Game
Cards (All)
0
0
Per Game
BioStatsMatchesTeammates

Signed by Harry Storer from Preston in 1935 the strongly built centre-forward had built a reputation in Scotland with Hamilton and Motherwell and was cover for the legendary Clarrie Bourton. In the last season before World War II Tom was establishing himself in the side and netted almost a goal a game. His best days came during war-time football, he scored over 70 goals including eight in a 10-2 win over Luton in 1940, and five in an 8-0 Christmas Day 1943 victory over West Brom. After the war he had lost his pace and played briefly as stand-in centre-half before hanging up his boots in 1948. His son Ian Crawley was an outstanding non-league player, scoring goals at Wembley for both VS Rugby and Telford, who has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.

Hat tricks (1)
1938-39
28 January 1938 v Nottingham Forest H, Division Two

Own goals (1)
1937-38
30 April 1938 v Plymouth Argyle A, Division Two