Thomas John Thomas

{{Short description|Welsh footballer (1877–?)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Thomas Thomas |image = |full_name = Thomas John Thomas |birth_date = {{birth-date|1877}} |birth_place = Wales |death_date = |death_place = |height = |position = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = |caps1 = |goals1 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = 1898 |nationalteam1 = Wales |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 1 }} '''Thomas John Thomas''' OBE (born 1877) was a Welsh footballer. He was part of the Wales national team, playing two matches. He played his first match on 19 February 1898 against Ireland and his last match on 19 March 1898 against Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eu-football.info/_players.php?id=218|title=Wales player database 1872 to 2013|publisher=eu-football.info|accessdate=30 April 2016}}</ref>

He studied at the Friars School, Bangor.<ref name="Bangor FC">{{Cite web | url = http://homepages.tesco.net/~BCSA/History/Welshints.htm | title = Welsh International Caps | accessdate = 16 November 2008 | author = History of Bangor City Football Club website | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090203125130/http://homepages.tesco.net/~BCSA/History/Welshints.htm | archivedate = 3 February 2009 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.iffhs.de/?29da15a85b1529d815a89ad5285fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6edb0ae1d | title = Welsh Cup 1895/96 | accessdate = 16 November 2008 | author = IFFHS}}</ref>

He became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He was ranked colonel of the Australian Army during World War I and had as post being finance member of the Australian Military Board in October 1920.<ref name=gaz32090>{{London Gazette|issue=32090|pages=10095–10098|date=19 October 1920}}</ref> He received the OBE (selected) Australian War Honour that year.<ref>[http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveViewFrameSetup.asp?webtype=0&IssueNumber=32090&PageDuplicate=n&pageNumber=19&SearchFor=graciously%20pleased&selMedalType=&selHonourType= (gazetted 19 October 1920; dated 15 October 1920)]</ref>

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