Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Edwin Jones | ||
Date of birth | 11 April 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
Date of death | 5 June 2010[1] | (aged 80)||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Youth career | |||
1944–1948 | Everton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1948–1961 | Everton | 383 | (14) |
1963 | Toronto Italia | ||
1964-1966 | Colwyn Bay | ||
Managerial career | |||
1963 | Toronto Italia (player-coach) | ||
1965-1966 | Colwyn Bay | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Edwin Jones (11 April 1930 – 5 June 2010), known as Tommy E Jones or T. E. Jones to distinguish him from T. G. Jones, was an English footballer who played for Everton from 1950 until 1961. [2]
Jones signed for Everton straight from school [3] and turned professional in 1948. [4] He began his Everton career as a full back, but moved to centre half to replace T. G. Jones in the 1950–51 season, [3] [5] making his debut against Arsenal on 6 September 1950. [6] Jones established himself as a "model of consistency", a "most reliable and unruffled" defender, [4] and in 1957 he took over the Goodison captaincy, [5] succeeding Peter Farrell who had left the club. He returned to left-back towards the end of his career, replaced at centre-half by a young Brian Labone. [3] He was forced to retire due to a shattered kneecap, having scored 14 goals from 411 appearances during an 11-year senior career with Everton. [5] In 1963, he signed with Toronto Italia of the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League as a player-coach. [7] He spent a spell with Colwyn Bay which included a stint as player-manager.
Jones never played full international football, [4] but was part of the Football Association's team that toured Nigeria and Ghana in 1958. [8] He was a member of the England Youth team that beat Scotland Youth 4–2 in October 1947 in a match played at Belle Vue, Doncaster.
After retiring from football, Jones worked for Littlewoods in Liverpool. [5]