Tom Lyon (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas King Lyon | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Clydebank, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 26 November 1998 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Old Kilpatrick, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 1⁄2 in (1.71 m) | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 19??–1933 | Clydebank High School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1933 | Clydebank Juniors | ||
| 1933–1934 | Motherwell | 0 | (0) |
| 1934 | Yoker Athletic | ||
| 1934–1937 | Albion Rovers | 75 | (29) |
| 1936 | → Airdrieonians (loan) | 10 | (6) |
| 1937–1938 | Blackpool | 6 | (0) |
| 1938–1948 | Chesterfield | 41 | (22) |
| 1948–1949 | New Brighton | 36 | (7) |
| 1949–19?? | Prescot Cables | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas King Lyon (17 March 1915 – 26 November 1998), known as Tom or Tommy Lyon, was a Scottish footballer who played in the Scottish League for Albion Rovers and Airdrieonians and in the English Football League for Blackpool, Chesterfield and New Brighton. An inside forward, he was on the books of Motherwell without playing for their first team, played junior football for Clydebank Juniors and Yoker Athletic, and played non-league football in England for Prescot Cables.
Lyon was born in 1915 in Clydebank, which was then in Dunbartonshire. He played football for his school, Clydebank High School, and appeared for Clydebank Juniors in 1933 while still a schoolboy. He attracted interest from senior clubs: after trials with Rangers and Partick Thistle, he signed for Division One club Motherwell. He played for Motherwell's "A" team in the Scottish Alliance, but not for the first team. At the end of the 1933–34 season, he successfully applied for reinstatement as a junior, and signed for Yoker Athletic.
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