Tommy Cummings
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Smith Cummings[1] | ||
Date of birth | 12 September 1928 | ||
Place of birth |
Sunderland, County Durham , England | ||
Date of death | 12 July 2009 | (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
- Football League First Division champions: 1959–60
- 1962
References
- ^ "Tommy Cummings". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ "Tommy Cummings". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Tommy Cummings: 1928 - 2009". Burnley F.C. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Tributes Paid to Clarets Legend Tommy Cummings". Newsquest. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Former Managers 1960s". Aston Villa F.C. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ "Clarets Legend Tommy Cummings Dies". Johnston Press. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
External links
- Tommy Cummings profile at Clarets Mad
- Tommy Cummings at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
- Tommy Cummings Tribute at Much Loved Memorial website, created by his Granddaughter.