Tommy Meads

{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Tommy Meads | fullname = Thomas Meads | birth_date = 2 November 1900 | birth_place = Grassmoor, Chesterfield, England | death_date = {{death year and age|1983|1900}} | position = Midfielder | years1 = 1923–1926 | years2 = 1926–1928 | years3 = 1928–1929 | years4 = 1929–1935 | years5 = 1935–1936 | clubs1 = Stockport County | clubs2 = Huddersfield Town | clubs3 = Reading | clubs4 = Tottenham Hotspur | clubs5 = Notts County | caps1 = 117 | goals1 = 21 | caps2 = 40 | goals2 = 2 | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 4 | caps4 = 183 | goals4 = 6 | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 2 }} '''Thomas Meads''' (2 November 1900 – 1983) was a professional footballer, who played for Stockport County, Huddersfield Town, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur and Notts County.<ref>{{cite book |title= Football League Players' Records|last=Joyce |first= Michael |year=2004 |publisher=soccerdata |isbn= 1-899468-63-3|page= 180}}</ref>

== Football career == Meads played for non league sides Grassmoor Ivanhoe, Claycross Town and later Matlock Town before joining Stockport County in 1923 where the left half completed 117 matches and netting on 21 occasions. He moved to Huddersfield Town in 1926 and went on to feature in 40 matches and scoring twice for the club. In 1928 he joined Reading and played 31 games and finding the net four times. Meads went on to play for Tottenham Hotspur between 1929 and 1934 where he featured in 189 matches in all competitions and scoring on six occasions for the Lilywhites.<ref>[http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html Tottenham Hotspur F.C A-Z of players] Retrieved 4 December 2012 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415215517/http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/history_azofplayers.html |date=15 April 2009 }}</ref> He left White Hart Lane in 1935 to end his career at Notts County where he played a further 18 matches and scoring twice.

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*{{cite book|title=99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories|author=Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward|year=2007|publisher=Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|isbn=978-0955728105}} [http://www.htafc.com/page/VolumeI/0,,10312,00.html]

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