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English footballer

Tommy Ware
Personal information
Full name Thomas Ware
Date of birth 16 October 1885
Place of birth Bristol, England
Date of death 1 May 1915(1915-05-01) (aged 29)
Place of death Poperinghe, Belgium
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1915 Bristol City 51 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Ware (16 October 1885 – 1 May 1915) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol City as a goalkeeper.

Personal life

Prior to being bought out of the British Army to become a professional footballer, Ware served as a musician in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Though discharged, he remained on the reserve list. He combined his football career with a factory job in Broadmead. Ware re-enlisted in the army upon the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery. He died in Poperinge of wounds incurred during the Second Battle of Ypres on 1 May 1915, and was buried in Poperinge Old Military Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 301. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Our Tommy – The Life and Times of Tommy Ware" (PDF). Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. Thomas Ware on Lives of the First World War
  5. "Thomas Ware | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 27 February 2022.


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