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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Casey | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 13 January 2009 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Somerset, England | ||
| Playing 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) |
| 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 | |||
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
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