Tommy Cheetham
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Miles Cheetham | ||
| Date of birth | 11 October 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Byker, England | ||
| Date of death | 23 December 1993 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Mansfield, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Byker | |||
| Royal Artillery | |||
| 1935–1939 | Queens Park Rangers | 115 | (81) |
| 1939–19?? | Brentford | 19 | (8) |
| 1941–1948 | Lincoln City | 47 | (29) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Thomas Miles "Tommy" Cheetham (11 October 1910 – 23 December 1993) was an English professional footballer. He scored 118 goals from 181 appearances in the Football League playing as a forward for Queens Park Rangers, Brentford and Lincoln City.
Cheetham was born in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. A late entrant to the professional game, he played local football before joining the Army and played for his regiment while serving in the Royal Artillery. In August 1935, aged nearly 25, he signed for London club Queens Park Rangers, then playing in the Football League Third Division South. He made his debut on 4 September 1935 in a 1–1 draw away to Brighton & Hove Albion. Although he did not score in that first game, his next two games brought six goals, a six-game spell running up to Christmas produced 11 and from the 35 games he played in his first League season as a professional footballer, Cheetham scored 36 times. He set a new club record by scoring in 9 consecutive games at QPR's home ground, Loftus Road.
His performances earned him an invitation to play for the Possibles against the Probables in March 1936 in a trial match for selection for the England national team. The quality of the Probables' defence, with Alf Young outstanding, meant Cheetham had little chance to shine – The Times' correspondent reported that "Cheetham did not receive a pass for nearly half an hour", but "considering the brilliance of Young, the play of Cheetham could hardly be considered unsatisfactory". Though his next two seasons were less productive, in 1938–39 he scored 22 league goals from the 26 games before he left the club on 7 February 1939 to join First Division club Brentford for a fee of £5,000.
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