Tom Halliday
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Halliday | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Browney Colliery, County Durham, England | ||
| Date of death | 1975 (aged 65–66) | ||
| Playing position | Defender, wing half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Browney Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Esh Winning | ||
| – | Meadowfield | ||
| 1927–1928 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 1928–1933 | Darlington | 118 | (2) |
| 1933–1939 | Norwich City | 191 | (0) |
| 1939 | Exeter City | 14 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas "Tom" Halliday (11 September 1909 – 1975) was an English footballer who made 313 appearances in the Football League playing for Darlington, Norwich City and Exeter City in the 1920s and 1930s. He played non-league football in the north-east of England before joining First Division club Sunderland, but never played first-team football for that club. His primary position was that of centre half, although he also played at right back or right half.
Halliday was born in Browney Colliery, in County Durham. As a schoolboy, he played three times for Durham Schools under-15 team in the 1923–24 season, and captained England Schoolboys against Wales in Cardiff. He played for non-league teams in his local area, and captained Durham Amateurs before turning professional. He spent the 1927–28 season with First Division club Sunderland, but never appeared for the first team, and joined Third Division North club Darlington in 1928 as an 18-year-old.
He established himself in the starting eleven, and despite his youth, captained the team for three years. In the 1932–33 season, Halliday made 41 out of a possible 42 appearances in the league, taking his total to 127 in senior competition. In May 1933, he and Darlington teammates Harry Brown, Billy Eden and Fred Hopkinson were members of the Rest of Durham XI that faced Sunderland in a match to celebrate the silver jubilee of the Durham County Football Association. Darlington had finished bottom of the Northern Section, so had to apply for re-election. Although their application was successful, Halliday left the club.
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