Tom Mitchell (footballer)

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Tom Mitchell
Full name	Thomas Morris Mitchell
Date of birth	September 30, 1899
Place of birth	Spennymoor, England
Date of death	November 22, 1984 (aged 85)
Place of death	York, England
Playing position	Outside Left
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1920–1926 1926–1931 1931–1932	Parkside United Tudhoe United Spennymoor United Blyth Spartans Newcastle United Leeds United York City	00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 060 0(5) 142 (19) 023 0(5)
Teams managed
1937–1950	York City
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas Morris "Tom" Mitchell (30 September 1899 – 22 November 1984) was an English footballer and manager.

1 Career
- 1.1 Playing
- 1.2 Managerial
2 Notes
3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Playing

Mitchell started his career with Newcastle United in 1920. He joined Leeds United in 1926. He left them for York City in 1931.^[1] Mitchell scored York's first goal at Bootham Crescent in a 2–2 draw with Stockport County on 31 August 1932.^[2]

[edit] Managerial

He was appointed as York's manager in March 1937.^[3] He resigned in February 1950 and set up a family sport outfitter's shop in York.^[3] He later became a director at the club.^[3]

[edit] Notes

^ "Tom Mitchell", leedsfans. Retrieved on 2007-07-22.
^ Jarred, Martin; & Windross, Dave (1997). "Football Leauge Players", Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922-1997. Citizen Publications, p72. ISBN 0953100502.
^ ^a ^b ^c Batters, Dave (1990). "York City Managers", York City: A Complete Record 1922-1990. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, p124. ISBN 0907969690.

[edit] External links

Tom Mitchell (York stats only) management career stats at Soccerbase

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York City F.C. – Managers

Collier (1928–30) • Sherrington (1930–33) • Collier (1933–37) • Mitchell (1937–50) • Duckworth (1950–52) • Spencer (1952–53) • McCormick (1953–54) • Bartram (1956–60) • Lockie (1960–67) • Shaw (1967–68) • Johnston (1968–75) • McGuinness (1975–77) • Wright (1977–80) • Lyons (1980–81) • Randall (1981–82) • Swallow (1982) • Smith (1982–87) • Saxton (1987–88) • Swallow (1988) • Bird (1988–91) • Ward (1991–93) • Little (1993–99) • Thompson (1999–2000) • Dolan (2000–03) • Brass (2003–04) • Busby (2004–05) • McEwan (2005–07) • Walker (2007–)