Tom Conway (footballer, born 1933)

Tom Conway

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Conway[1]
Date of birth	(1933-11-07)7 November 1933[1]
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death	October 2019(2019-10-00) (aged 85)[2]
Place of death	Staffordshire, England[2]
Position(s)	Inside-forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1956	Port Vale	15	(4)
	Leek Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Conway (7 November 1933 – October 2019) was an English footballer who played as an inside-forward for Port Vale and Leek Town in the 1950s.

Career

Conway graduated through the Port Vale juniors to sign professional forms in May 1951.[1] After making his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Rotherham United at Millmoor on 27 August 1955, he became a regular in the side.[1] He scored his first goal in the Football League on 3 September, in a 3–0 win over Swansea Town at Vale Park, and later claimed goals against Fulham and Nottingham Forest before he lost his first-team place in December that year.[1] He scored four goals in 15 Second Division appearances in the 1955–56 season, before he was transferred to non-League Leek Town in the summer of 1956.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1956–55	Second Division	15	4	0	0	0	0	15	4

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 65. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. "Tom Conway". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
3. Tom Conway at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)