{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Tom Carnaby | image = | fullname = Thomas Easton Carnaby | birth_date = {{birth date|1913|12|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Newsham, Northumberland, England | death_date = July qtr. 1971 (aged 57) | death_place = Hendon, England | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}<ref name="ABC" /> | position = Half back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = New Delaval United | years1 = 1933–1938 | clubs1 = Blyth Spartans | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1938–1939 | clubs2 = Southampton | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1947–19?? | clubs3 = Andover | caps3 = | goals3 = }} '''Thomas Easton Carnaby''' (25 December 1913 – 1971) was an English professional footballer who played as a half back for Southampton in the final season before the Second World War.
==Football career== Carnaby was born in Newsham, near Blyth, Northumberland<ref name = Joyce>{{cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|last=Joyce|first=Michael |year=2004 |publisher=Tony Brown |location=Nottingham |isbn=1-899468-67-6|page=48}}</ref> where he worked as a coal-miner at New Delaval Colliery, and played for the pit team, before joining Blyth Spartans in 1933.<ref name = ABC/> He helped Blyth Spartans win the North Eastern League title in 1935–36.<ref name = ABC>{{cite book | title=The Alphabet of the Saints|last= Holley |first= Duncan|author2=Chalk, Gary |publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing |year=1992|isbn=0-9514862-3-3|page=61}}</ref>
In May 1938, he moved to the south coast to join Southampton of the Football League Second Division. Described as "a brawny centre-half", Carnaby was used as cover for David Affleck.<ref name = ABC/> Carnaby made his first-team debut when he replaced Affleck for the match at Tottenham Hotspur on Christmas Eve, 1938 (the day before his 25th birthday).<ref name = ABC/> Carnaby retained his place at centre-half for the next five matches, including a 4–1 defeat at non-league Chelmsford City in the FA Cup. After Affleck's return, Carnaby was switched to right-half for four matches, replacing Ray Parkin. His final run of matches came when he replaced Norman Chalk at centre-half for the last four matches of the season.<ref>{{cite book | title=Saints – A complete record|last= Chalk|first= Gary|author2=Holley, Duncan | publisher= Breedon Books|year=1987|isbn= 0-907969-22-4|page=101}}</ref>
==Later career== Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Carnaby was released by the Saints and joined the Southampton police, playing for their War Reserve side. After the war, he joined Andover for a short time.<ref name = ABC/>
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==External links== *[http://www.11v11.com/players/thomas-carnaby-44093/ Career details on www.11v11.com]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carnaby, Tom}} Category:1913 births Category:1971 deaths Category:Footballers from Blyth, Northumberland Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:English men's footballers Category:Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players Category:Southampton F.C. players Category:Andover F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:20th-century English sportsmen