Tommy Cummings

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Tommy Cummings
Personal information
Full name Thomas Smith Cummings[1]
Date of birth (1928-09-12)12 September 1928
Place of birth
Sunderland, County Durham
, England
Date of death 12 July 2009(2009-07-12) (aged 80)
Place of death Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Position(s) Central defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1963 Burnley 434 (3)
1963–1964 Mansfield Town 10 (0)
Managerial career
1963–1967 Mansfield Town
1967–1968 Aston Villa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Smith Cummings (12 September 1928[2] – 12 July 2009) was an English football player and manager.

Cummings was born in

Sunderland, County Durham and started his football career at Hylton Colliery Juniors.[3] Such was his quality as a centre-half he was invited to Strasbourg in 1947 to represent Great Britain in a junior international tournament. In the same year he signed a professional contract with Burnley,[4] also opting to continue his apprenticeship as a mining engineer.[3]

Cummings made his league debut for

Football League appearances with 434. He played his last game for the club nearly 14 years after making his debut.[3]

In March 1963 he was appointed

player-manager of Mansfield Town leading them to promotion from Division Four at the end of the season.[3] He was appointed Aston Villa manager in the summer of 1967 but sacked in November 1968.[5]

After retiring from football he went on to becoming a licensee and ran pubs in and around Burnley, including the Shooters Arms in Nelson.[6]

Honours

Burnley

References

  1. ^ "Tommy Cummings". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Tommy Cummings". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  3. ^ a b c d "Tommy Cummings: 1928 - 2009". Burnley F.C. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Tributes Paid to Clarets Legend Tommy Cummings". Newsquest. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Former Managers 1960s". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Clarets Legend Tommy Cummings Dies". Johnston Press. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.

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