{{Short description|English rugby league footballer}} {{Distinguish|Thom Yorke|Tom York (disambiguation){{!}}Tom York}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Tom Yorke |fullname = Tom Yorke |nickname = |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1920|07|12|df=y}} |birth_place = St Helens |death_date = December 2004 (aged 84)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Yorke |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZV-J1MT |publisher=Family Search |accessdate=5 March 2020}}</ref> |death_place = St. Helens, Lancashire, England |height = |weight = |position = {{rlp|PR|HK|LF}} |club1 = St. Helens |year1start = 1948 |year1end = 50 |appearances1 = 7 |tries1 = 1 |goals1 = 1 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 5 |club2 = Warrington |year2start = 1951 |year2end = 53 |appearances2 = 9 |tries2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 |fieldgoals2 = 0 |points2 = 0 |updated = 12 December 2016 |source = <!--<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/tom-yorke/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref>--> }}
'''Tom Yorke''' (12 July 1920 – December 2004) was a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for St. Helens Schoolboys, St. Helens YMCA, Parr Legionnaires, St. Helens, and Warrington, as a {{rlp|pr|hk}}, or {{rlp|lf}}, and coached at club level for United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Limited ARLFC.<ref name="Profile at saints.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/player.php?num=16593|title=Profile at saints.org.uk|publisher=saints.org.uk|date=31 December 2015|accessdate=1 January 2016}}</ref>
==Playing career== ===Notable tour matches=== Tom Yorke played {{rlp|hk}}, and scored a try and a goal in St. Helens' 74-38 victory over Italy at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Wednesday 30 August 1950, in front of a crowd of 14,000.<ref name="St Helens 74 v 38 Italy">{{cite web|url=http://www.saints.org.uk/saints/match.php?seq=4386|title=St Helens 74 v 38 Italy|publisher=saints.org.uk|date=31 December 2015|accessdate=1 January 2016}}</ref>
===Club career=== Tom Yorke made his début for St. Helens playing {{rlp|lf}} in the 13-2 victory over Buslingthorpe Vale ARLFC in the 1947–48 Challenge Cup first-round second-leg match at Meanwood Road, Leeds on Saturday 14 February 1948, and he played his last match for St. Helens playing {{rlp|hk}} in the 6-6 draw with York F.C. at Clarence Street, York on Saturday 18 November 1950,<ref name="Profile at saints.org.uk"/> he made his début for Warrington on Wednesday 18 April 1951, and he played his last match for Warrington on Saturday 21 February 1953.<ref name="Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Yorke|title=Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk|publisher=wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/search/?q=Yorke Search for "Yorke" at rugbyleagueproject.org]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yorke, Tom}} Category:1920 births Category:2004 deaths Category:English rugby league players Category:Rugby league hookers Category:Rugby league locks Category:Rugby league players from St Helens, Merseyside Category:Rugby league props Category:St Helens R.F.C. players Category:Warrington Wolves players Category:20th-century English sportsmen