Thomas Thurston Garneys (25 August 1923 – 13 March 2007) was an English professional footballer who made over 240 appearances as a centre forward in the Football League for Ipswich Town.[1] He scored 143 goals in a seven-year spell, which was cut short by a persistent back injury.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Thurston Garneys[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 August 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Leytonstone, England | ||
| Date of death | 13 March 2007 (aged 83)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Basildon, England | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Walthamstow Avenue | |||
| –1948 | Leytonstone | ||
| 1948–1949 | Notts County | 0 | (0) |
| 1949 | Chingford Town | ||
| 1949–1951 | Brentford | 12 | (2) |
| 1951–1958 | Ipswich Town | 247 | (123) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
editAfter his retirement from football, Garneys ran The Milestone pub (now known as The Mulberry Tree) in Ipswich.[3][4] At the time of his death, he was living at a nursing home in Basildon.[3]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1949–50[5] | Second Division | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 1950–51[5] | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| Ipswich Town | 1951–52[2] | Third Division South | 45 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1[a] | 0 | 52 | 20 |
| 1952–53[2] | 34 | 18 | 6 | 6 | — | 40 | 24 | |||
| 1953–54[2] | 44 | 19 | 7 | 5 | — | 51 | 24 | |||
| 1954–55[2] | Second Division | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | — | 24 | 21 | ||
| 1955–56[2] | Third Division South | 36 | 19 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 19 | ||
| 1956–57[2] | 28 | 12 | 3 | 3 | — | 31 | 15 | |||
| 1957–58[2] | Second Division | 33 | 19 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 19 | ||
| 1958–59[2] | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 247 | 123 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 273 | 148 | ||
| Career total | 259 | 125 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 285 | 150 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Ipswich Hospital Cup
Honours
editIpswich Town
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tom Garneys". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Tom Garneys". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ a b c "Friday Feature: Tom Garneys – the one that got away". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Ipswich great Garneys passes away". BBC News. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 380–381. ISBN 0951526200.
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