Tom Brolly

Thomas "Tom" Henry Brolly (1 June 1912 – June 1986) born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was a Northern Irish international footballer who played as a half-back. He spent the majority of his career at Millwall, making a total of 263 appearances and scoring 11 goals in all competitions. He spent two spells with Millwall, fighting in World War 2 in between.[1] Brolly won the Football League Third Division South championship with Millwall in 1938, and reached the FA Cup semi-final in the same season. .[2] He was capped four times for Northern Ireland, playing in two games against Wales in 1937 and 1938 and against England and Wales in 1939.[3] Later in his career he was a trainer at Crystal Palace, Chelmsford City, and at Ipswich Town with Bobby Robson. Brolly was nicknamed "The Professor" while coaching at the Robert Browning Institute in Walworth.[2]

Tom Brolly
Personal information
Full name Thomas Henry Brolly
Date of birth (1912-06-01)1 June 1912
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death June, 1986
Place of death Sutton, Surrey, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Half-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1933 Crusaders ? (?)
1932–1933 Glenavon ? (?)
1933–1935 Sheffield Wednesday 2 (0)
1935–1940 Millwall 133 (7)
1945–1950 Millwall 98 (1)
Total 233 (8)
National team
1937–1939 Northern Ireland 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References
  1. Lindsay & Tarrant (2010), p. 518.
  2. Lindsay & Tarrant (2010), p. 140.
  3. "NIFG: Tom Brolly". NIFG. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

Bibliography
  • Lindsay, Richard; Tarrant, Eddie (2010). Millwall: The Complete Record. DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-833-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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