Tom Waring

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.

  1. ^ "Tom Waring". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Everton Results".
  3. ^ "THE ADVENTURES OF "PONGO THE PUP"". British Pathé.