Tommy Browell
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Browell | ||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Walbottle, Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Date of death | 5 October 1955 (aged 62) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1910–1911 | Hull City | 48 | (32) |
| 1911–1913 | Everton | 50 | (26) |
| 1913–1926 | Manchester City | 222 | (122) |
| 1926–1930 | Blackpool | 67 | (27) |
| Total | 387 | (207) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas "Tommy" Browell (19 October 1892 – 5 October 1955) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Hull City, Everton, Manchester City and Blackpool. He is the seventh-highest Manchester City goalscorer of all time with 139 goals for the club.
Browell was born in Walbottle, Northumberland, in 1892. He started his career with Hull City, who were then in the Football League Second Division, who also had Browell's two brothers on their books. At Hull he gained the nickname "Boy" following a hat-trick against as an 18-year-old in 1910. A newspaper report of the match carried the headline "£10 men and a boy beat Stockport", and the nickname then followed throughout his career. A year later, after making 48 appearances and scoring 32 goals, he was signed by First Division Everton for a fee of £1,650. Despite only playing half the season for the club, Browell finished as Everton's top goalscorer in the 1911–12 season. In two years at Everton he scored 36 goals in 60 appearances, including two FA Cup hat-tricks.
In October 1913, Manchester City signed Browell for £1,780. He scored on his City debut against The Wednesday, though City lost the match 2–1. Two seasons into his time in Manchester, the outbreak of World War I suspended football for a four-year period. When matches resumed in 1919, Browell formed a prolific goalscoring partnership with Horace Barnes. In the 1920–21 season Manchester City finished runners-up in the league, and Browell set a career-best of 31 league goals.
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