Tom Baddeley

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Tom Baddeley
Full name	Thomas Baddeley
Date of birth	November 2, 1874(1874-11-02)
Place of birth	Bycars, Burslem, England
Date of death	24 September 1946 (aged 71)
Place of death	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
	Burslem Swifts
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1893–1896 1896–1907 1907–1910 1910 1910–1911	Burslem Port Vale Wolverhampton Wanderers Bradford Park Avenue Stoke Whitfield Colliery	296 00(0)
National team
1903–1904	England	005 00(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas "Tom" Baddeley (born 2 November 1874 – 24 September 1946) was an English football player who represented the English national side as a goalkeeper.

Baddeley began his professional career with Burslem Port Vale in 1893, before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in October 1896 for £50. He broke through into the first team the following year, making his league debut on 1 September 1897 in a 3-0 win over Preston North End.^[1] In his first three years at Wolves, he kept 31 clean sheets.^[2] Conversely Baddeley was also in goal in 1900 when Wolves were sensationally knocked out of the F A Cup by Queen's Park Rangers at home.^[3]

This form saw him make his international debut on 14 February 1903 in a 4-0 win over Ireland, played at his home club ground of Molineux. He made four further appearances over the next 14 months, all during his time with the club.

After making a total of 315 appearances in an 11-year stay, he left Wolves in 1907 for Bradford Park Avenue, where he later played in their first-ever league match in September 1908. However, he returned to the Midlands with Stoke after failing to become a regular in the Bradford team. His stay at Stoke proved short though and he soon dropped into non-league action with nearby Whitfield Colliery before retiring in May 1911.