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English footballer

Tom Garneys
Personal information
Full name Thomas Thurston Garneys
Date of birth 25 August 1923
Place of birth Leytonstone, England
Date of death 13 March 2007(2007-03-13) (aged 83)
Place of death Basildon, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Walthamstow Avenue
0000–1948 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

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. He scored 143 goals in a seven-year spell, which was cut short by a persistent back injury.

Personal life

After his retirement from football, Garneys ran The Milestone pub (now known as The Mulberry Tree) in Ipswich. At the time of his death, he was living at a nursing home in Basildon.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1949–50 Second Division 1 1 0 0 — 1 1
1950–51 11 1 0 0 — 11 1
Total 12 2 0 0 — 12 2
Ipswich Town 1951–52 Third Division South 45 15 6 5 1 0 52 20
1952–53 34 18 6 6 — 40 24
1953–54 44 19 7 5 — 51 24
1954–55 Second Division 23 20 1 1 — 24 21
1955–56 Third Division South 36 19 0 0 — 36 19
1956–57 28 12 3 3 — 31 15
1957–58 Second Division 33 19 0 0 — 33 19
1958–59 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
  1. Appearance in Ipswich Hospital Cup

Honours

Ipswich Town

References

  1. ^ "Tom Garneys". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Tom Garneys". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Friday Feature: Tom Garneys – the one that got away". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  4. "Ipswich great Garneys passes away". BBC News. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  5. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 380–381. ISBN 0951526200.


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