Tommy Lowes

Tommy Lowes (1891 – 1993) was an English football player and manager.

Tommy Lowes
Personal information
Date of birth 1891[1]
Place of birth Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England[2]
Date of death 1993[2]
Position(s) Inside forward[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1910–1914 Newcastle United 16 (4)
Coventry City
Caerphilly
Newport County
1926–1929 Yeovil Town
Teams managed
1928–1929 Yeovil Town
1932–1937 Barrow
1937–1944 Walsall
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Lowes, an inside forward, played sixteen First Division games, scoring four goals, for his hometown club Newcastle United, before the outbreak of World War I.[1] He later turned out for Coventry City, Caerphilly, and Newport County.[2]

He became a player-coach at non-league side Yeovil Town, taking charge for the 1928–29 season.[2] He took charge at Barrow in 1932, and remained in the hotseat for more than 200 games at Holker Street, until he was appointed manager of Walsall on 30 April 1937.[2] The club struggled near the foot of the Third Division South table in 1937–38, and had to apply for re-election.[2] He signed Johnny Hancocks in October 1938,[2] who would go on to be capped by England and be one of the finest post-World War II players at high-flying Wolverhampton Wanderers. However the "Saddlers" continued to struggle under Lowes' management, and had to apply for re-election again in 1938–39, having finished second-from-bottom.[2] The Football League was abandoned due to the outbreak of war in 1939–40.

Having departed Fellows Park, Lowes scouted for Arsenal and Norwich City, discovering another talent in John Barnwell. He remained at Carrow Road right up until 1972, and died sometime in 1993.[2]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Tommy Lowes". toon1892.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. "Past Managers". saddlers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
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