Tommy Banks (footballer)

English footballer (1929–2024)

Tommy Banks
Personal information
Full name Thomas Banks
Date of birth (1929-11-10)10 November 1929
Place of birth Farnworth, Lancashire, England
Date of death 13 June 2024(2024-06-13) (aged 94)
Position(s) Left-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1961 Bolton Wanderers 233 (2)
1961–1963 Altrincham 61 (1)
1963–1967 Bangor City
Total 294 (3)
International career
1958 England 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Banks (10 November 1929 – 13 June 2024) was an English footballer who played as a left-back.

He was born at Farnworth, Lancashire, the son of a coal miner, Jack Banks and his wife, Catherine, and attended Harper Green Secondary school.[1] He played for Bolton Wanderers from 1947 to 1961 and was a member of the 1958 FA Cup winning team when Bolton beat Manchester United.[1] He also played six matches for the England national team in 1958, including all four matches in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[1][2] He got his opportunity in the England team because of the death of incumbent left-back Roger Byrne in the Munich air disaster in February 1958.[1] He made only a single appearance for England after the tournament. Banks also had a small but influential role in the fight to acquire better pay and conditions for football players in the 1961 labour dispute with the Football League.[1] He also played non-League football for Altrincham.

Banks died of complications of dementia on 13 June 2024, at the age of 94.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Tommy Banks obituary: formidable England and Bolton Wanderers left back". The Times. 14 June 2024. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Tommy Banks". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Bolton Wanderers legend Tommy Banks passes away at 94". The Bolton News. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Tommy Banks obituary: formidable England and Bolton Wanderers left back". The Times. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

External links

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