Tom Waring

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Tom Waring

Waring in 1927
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Waring
Date of birth	(1906-10-12)12 October 1906
Place of birth	Birkenhead, England
Date of death	20 December 1980(1980-12-20) (aged 74)
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1928	Tranmere Rovers	24	(23)
1928–1935	Aston Villa	216	(159)
1935–1936	Barnsley	18	(7)
1936	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	(3)
1936–1938	Tranmere Rovers	74	(42)
1938	Accrington Stanley	22	(10)
1938–1939	Bath City
1939	Ellesmere Port Town
1939	Graysons
1939	Birkenhead Docks
1939	Harrowby
1939–1940	New Brighton	0	(0)
1941-1942	Everton	3	(1[2])
1946	Ellesmere Port Town
Total		367	(245)
International career
1931–1932	England	5	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Waring (12 October 1906 – 20 December 1980) was an English professional association footballer. Nicknamed "Pongo" after a famous cartoon of the time called Pongo the Pup,^[3] Waring is one of Aston Villa's all-time great centre forwards. In his career, he scored 243 league goals in 363 matches over 12 seasons for 5 different clubs.