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Scottish footballer For the British weightlifter, see Thomas Yule. For the footballer born 1953, see Tommy Yule. Not to be confused with Tom Yuill.

Tom Yule
Yule in a Port Vale team photo.
Personal information
Full name Thomas Yule
Date of birth (1888-02-04)4 February 1888
Place of birth Douglas Water, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Position(s) Left-winger
Youth career
Portobello
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1911 Lincoln City 63 (8)
1911–1913 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 (7)
1913–1915 Port Vale 53 (13)
Total 149 (28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Yule (4 February 1888 – ?) was a Scottish footballer who played on the left-wing for Lincoln City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Port Vale in the 1910s.

Career

Yule played for Portobello before moving down to England to play for Lincoln City of the Second Division. He moved on to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1911. Wolves finished fifth in the Second Division in 1911–12 and then tenth in 1912–13. In his two seasons at Molineux, Yule made 33 appearances, scoring seven goals. He joined Port Vale in the summer of 1913. The "left-wing flyer" made his debut in a 3–3 draw with Blackburn Rovers Reserves in a Central League match at The Old Recreation Ground on 1 September 1913. He was a regular in the team and helped them reach the FA Cup first round in the 1913–14 season, which they lost 3–0 to Bolton Wanderers on 10 January 1914. Yule racked up 20 goals in 77 appearances before departing the club in January 1915.

Career statistics

Source:

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lincoln City 1909–10 Second Division 37 6 1 0 38 6
1910–11 Second Division 26 2 3 0 29 2
Total 63 8 4 0 67 8
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1911–12 Second Division 25 6 0 0 25 6
1912–13 Second Division 8 1 0 0 8 1
Total 33 7 0 0 33 7
Port Vale 1913–14 Central League 35 8 9 3 44 11
1914–15 Central League 18 5 3 0 21 5
Total 53 13 12 3 65 16
Total 149 28 16 3 165 31

References

  1. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 320. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. "Profile". redimps.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. "Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club Players. A - Z". wolves-stats.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  4. Tom Yule at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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