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English footballer

Thomas Urwin
Personal information
Full name Thomas Urwin
Date of birth (1896-02-05)5 February 1896
Place of birth Haswell, England
Date of death 7 May 1968(1968-05-07) (aged 72)
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Outside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Middlesbrough
1924–1930 Newcastle United 188 (23)
International career
1923–1926 England 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Urwin (5 February 1896 – 7 May 1968) was an English international footballer, who played as an outside forward.

Career

Born in Haswell, Urwin played professionally for Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Newcastle United, and earned four caps for England between 1923 and 1926.

Personal life

Urwin served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War and saw action at Gallipoli and in India.

References

  1. Vulcan (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Middlesbrough". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 295. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  3. "Profile". toon1892. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  4. "Tom Urwin". Englandstats.com. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. Dykes, Garth; Lamming, Doug (2000). All the Lads: A Complete Who's Who of Sunderland AFC. Great Britain. ISBN 9781899538157.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. "North East War Memorials Project – Regional Content". www.newmp.org.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2019.


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