Tommy Casey
Thomas Casey (11 March 1930 – 13 January 2009) was a Northern Ireland international footballer, coach and football manager, whose career in professional football spanned 30 years.[1][2]
Casey as a Newcastle United player | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Casey | ||
Date of birth | 11 March 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland | ||
Date of death | 13 January 2009 78) | (aged||
Place of death | Somerset, England | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Youth career | |||
Belfast YMCA | |||
– | East Belfast | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1949 | Bangor | ||
1949–1950 | Leeds United | 4 | (0) |
1950–1952 | Bournemouth | 66 | (1) |
1952–1958 | Newcastle United | 116 | (8) |
1958–1959 | Portsmouth | 24 | (1) |
1959–1963 | Bristol City | 122 | (9) |
1963–1965 | Gloucester City | 60 | (6) |
1965 | Toronto Inter-Roma | ||
1967 | Ammanford Town | ||
National team | |||
1955–1958 | Northern Ireland | 12 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1963–1965 | Gloucester City (player-manager) | ||
1967–1969 | Lisburn Distillery (player-manager) | ||
1972 | Everton (caretaker-manager) | ||
1974–1975 | Northern Ireland Youth Team | ||
1975–1976 | Grimsby Town | ||
1977 | K.R. Reykjavik | ||
1977–1978 | Harstad I.L. | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
In 1965, he played abroad in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto Inter-Roma.[3]
References
- Ponting, Ivan (14 March 2009). "Tommy Casey: Wing-half who won the FA Cup with Newcastle and played in the 1958 World Cup for Northern Ireland". The Independent. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
- Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats: Tommy Casey
- "Crosswords". Newspapers.com. The Province. April 26, 1965. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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