Tommy Boyle (footballer, born 1886)

Tommy Boyle
Boyle c. 1909
Personal information
Full name Thomas William Boyle[1]
Date of birth (1886-01-29)29 January 1886[1]
Place of birth Hoyland, England
Date of death 5 January 1940(1940-01-05) (aged 53)[2]
Place of death Whittingham, England[3]
Height 5 ft 6+12 in (1.69 m)[4]
Position(s) Half back
Youth career
Hoyland Star
Elsecar Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1912 Barnsley 160 (17)
1912–1923 Burnley 210 (36)
1923–1924 Wrexham 7 (0)
Total 377 (53)
International career
1912–1919 Football League XI 4 (1)
1913 England 1 (0)
1916 England (wartime) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas William Boyle (29 January 1886 – 5 January 1940) was an English footballer, primarily associated with Burnley.[5] He was the only player to have captained a Burnley team in a winning FA Cup Final.

  1. ^ a b "Tommy Boyle". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 11v11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Smith, Mike (10 March 2014). The Road to Glory – Burnley's FA Cup Triumph in 1914. Grosvenor House Publishing. ISBN 9781781482605.
  4. ^ Centaurus (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Burnley". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  5. ^ Betts, Graham (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.