 Lyons in a Port Vale squad photo in 1920 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Thomas Lyons[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 July 1885[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hednesford, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | October 1938 (age 53)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Hednesford, England[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hednesford Town | |||
| Bridgtown Amateurs | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1907–1915 | Aston Villa | 217 | (0) |
| 1917–1922 | Port Vale | 71 | (0) |
| 1922–1923 | Walsall | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 289 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alfred Thomas Lyons (5 July 1885 – October 1938) was an English footballer and cricketer. He played as a wicket-keeper for Staffordshire in the 1913 Minor Counties Cricket Championship.[3]
He played for Aston Villa from 1907 to 1915 and then joined Port Vale in January 1917. Five years later, he moved on to Walsall as a player-coach. He helped Villa to win the First Division in 1909–10 and the FA Cup in 1913. They also finished second in the league in 1907–08, 1910–11, 1912–13, and 1913–14, and was also on the losing side in the 1910 FA Charity Shield.