Tommy Banks (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Banks | ||
| Date of birth | 10 November 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Farnworth, Lancashire, England | ||
| Date of death | 13 June 2024 (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 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]
His recent death was acknowledged, alongside those of Kevin Campbell and Matija Sarkic, during BBC commentary on England's opening match of Euro 2024 against Serbia, where it was mentioned that Banks had been England's oldest living former player.
Honours
Bolton Wanderers
References
- ^ 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 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Tommy Banks". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "Bolton Wanderers legend Tommy Banks passes away at 94". The Bolton News. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Tommy Banks obituary: formidable England and Bolton Wanderers left back". The Times. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 490. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
External links
- Tommy Banks at National-Football-Teams.com
- Tommy Banks at FBref.com
- Tommy Banks at England Football Online
- Tommy Banks at Englandstats.com
- Tommy Banks at EU-Football.info
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- 1929 births
- 2024 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Footballers from Farnworth
- Men's association football fullbacks
- England men's international footballers
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- English Football League players
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Altrincham F.C. players
- Bangor City F.C. players
- English Football League representative players
- Deaths from dementia in the United Kingdom
- English football defender, 1920s birth stubs
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