Thomas Sorby

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Thomas Sorby
Personal information
Full name Thomas Heathcote Sorby
Date of birth (1856-02-16)16 February 1856
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 13 December 1930(1930-12-13) (aged 74)
Place of death Scarborough, England
Position(s)
Outside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Thursday Wanderers 0 (0)
– Sheffield 0 (0)
International career
1879 England 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Heathcote Sorby (16 February 1856 – 13 December 1930) was an English

amateur footballer who made one appearance for England.[1]

Football career

Sorby was born in

Sheffield FA.[3]

His solitary England appearance came when he was one of five new players selected for the match against

William Davies scoring for Wales.[5] According to the football historian, Philip Gibbons, "England were surprised by the level of skill shown by the Welsh team".[6]

Family

Sorby married Annie Maud Laycock (1861–1933) on 7 August 1889 in Sheffield.[7] They had one child, Violet Maude, who was born on 25 June 1891. She remained single and died childless before March 1979.[7]

His brother, Albert Ernest Sorby (1859–1934) was a clergyman who became

Upton Park Football Club.[7][8]

Career outside football

Sorby was a member of Robert Sorby and Sons, the family firm of edge tool manufacturers based in Sheffield.[3] On his father's death in 1885, Sorby and his brother, Robert Arthur Sorby, took control of the company although Robert died in 1896.[9] Sorby left the family business in 1906 and was the last member of the family to be actively involved with the business. Since that time the firm has changed hands several times but still retains the "Robert Sorby" name and is noted as a maker of high end chisels and woodworking tools.[8]

Sorby settled in Scarborough where he died on 13 December 1930.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Thomas Sorby". England players. englandfootballonline. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  2. ^ "7. Thomas Austin Sorby". Descendants of Thomas Sorby. familytreemaker. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  3. ^
    ISBN 1-905009-63-1
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  4. ^ "Scotland 9–0 Wales". Welsh Football Data Archive. 23 March 1878. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  5. ^ "England 2 - Wales 1". www.englandstats.com. 18 January 1879. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  6. ISBN 1-84426-035-6
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  7. ^ a b c "13. Thomas Heathcote Sorby". Descendants of Thomas Sorby. familytreemaker. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Canon Albert Ernest Sorby". familytreemaker. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Company History". Robert Sorby. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

External links

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