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Tom Pointon

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Tom Pointon
Personal information
Full name Thomas Seth Pointon
Date of birth 1890
Place of birth Coventry, England
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Coventry City 0 (0)
Redditch Town
1913–1914 Birmingham 4 (1)
1914 Redditch Town
1914–1919 Walsall
1919–1920 Nuneaton Town
1920–192? Coventry City 2 (0)
Redditch Town
1925–19?? Tamworth Castle
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Seth Pointon (1890 – after 1924) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham and Coventry City.[1]

Pointon was born in Evesham, Worcestershire.[1] He began his football career as an amateur with Coventry City and Redditch Town before joining Birmingham, still as an amateur, in August 1913. The club were fined £5 for playing him in the reserves before the transfer formalities had been completed. An outside left, his performances in the reserves were such that he was invited to a trial for England's amateur team, which proved unsuccessful.[2] He made his debut in the Second Division on New Year's Day 1914 in a 2–0 defeat at Stockport County, and played three times more that season, scoring once,[3] but left in April 1914. He played briefly for Redditch, then joined Walsall shortly before the First World War started. After the war he had a season with Nuneaton Town before returning to the Football League with Coventry City. He played twice in the Second Division for Coventry before a third spell with Redditch and finishing his career at Tamworth Castle.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. ^ Matthews, p. 160.