{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Tom Phillipson | image = | fullname = William Thomas Phillipson<ref>{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=230}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|10|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Ryton, Gateshead, County Durham, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1965|11|19|1898|10|31|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/tom-phillipson-47297/ |title=Tom Phillipson |website=11v11.com |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> | death_place = Wolverhampton, England | height = | position = Forward | youthyears1 = 1914–1919 | youthclubs1 = Scotswood | years1 = 1919–1921 | years2 = 1921–1923 | years3 = 1923–1928 | years4 = 1928–1930 | years5 = 1930–1931 | years6 = 1931–1932 | clubs1 = Newcastle United | clubs2 = Swindon Town | clubs3 = Wolverhampton Wanderers | clubs4 = Sheffield United | clubs5 = Bilston United | clubs6 = Walsall | caps1 = 14 | caps2 = 87 | caps3 = 144 | caps4 = 61 | goals1 = 4 | goals2 = 24 | goals3 = 104 | goals4 = 27 }}
'''William Thomas Phillipson''' (31 October 1898 – 19 November 1965) was an English footballer, who set a number of goalscoring records for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
==Career== Phillipson served as a sergeant in the West Yorkshire Regiment in Russia before returning to his native North-East England to sign for Newcastle United in December 1919.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=100&articleid=1421&displayorder=63 |title=North East War Memorials Project – Regional Content |website=www.newmp.org.uk |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> A former England Schoolboy international, he had a strong goalscoring record at youth level but failed to make a strong impact for his new senior club.
He moved to Swindon Town in May 1921 for £500, where he spent a season-and-a-half.
In December 1923 he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers, then of the Third Division, for £1,000. He opened his goalscoring account with a hat-trick against Ashington on his 4th appearance and finished the campaign with 14 goals as the club won the Third Division title at their first attempt.
The forward was Wolves' leading goalscorer for three successive seasons between 1924 and 1927, becoming the first Wolves player to break the 30 goal barrier in a season. During the 1926–27 season he scored in 13 consecutive league games, a Football League record. This run of goals also saw him score 5 in a match against Bradford City, a club record never bettered.
During the close season in 1927, Fred Scotchbrook was replaced by Major Frank Buckley as manager, a move which saw Phillipson's goal form begin to decline. In March 1928, First Division side Sheffield United offered £2,600 for him, which was accepted by the Wolves board. He left Molineux after 159 games in total, scoring 111 times, a then-club record.
He spent two seasons at Bramall Lane before returning to the Midlands as player-manager of non-league Bilston United in 1930. He ended his football career with a season at Walsall in 1931–32.
After retiring from the game, he concentrated on his business interests in Wolverhampton as well as entering local politics. He served as Mayor of Wolverhampton in 1944–1945.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/local_govern_mayors.htm |title=The Mayors of Wolverhampton 1848 - 1948 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120041319/http://wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/local_govern_mayors.htm |archive-date=20 January 2009 |access-date=8 August 2010}}</ref>
He died aged 67, on 19 November 1965.
==References== * {{Cite book |title=The Wolves Who's Who |last=Matthews, Tony |publisher=Britespot |year=2001 |isbn=1-904103-01-4 |location=West Midlands}} {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.wolves.co.uk/page/GoldenOldies/0,,10307~65183,00.html Official Wolves profile]
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