Tommy Northcott
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Theodore Northcott | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | Torquay, England | ||
| Date of death | 26 September 2008 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Torquay, England | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1949–1952 | Torquay United | 60 | (10) |
| 1952–1955 | Cardiff City | 71 | (13) |
| 1955–1958 | Lincoln City | 94 | (34) |
| 1958–1966 | Torquay United | 350 | (124) |
| Bridgwater Town | |||
| Barnstaple Town | |||
| Total | 575 | (181) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas Theodore "Tommy" Northcott (5 December 1931 — 26 September 2008) was an English professional footballer. Although he played for several clubs during his career, Northcott is particularly remembered for his time at Torquay United, where he is regarded as one of the clubs all-time greats and Lincoln City where he was voted as one of their 100 league legends in 2006. He played twice for England at Youth level, against Scotland and Wales.
Northcott was born and raised in the Barton area of Torquay and began his career with local club Hele Spurs before joining his hometown Football league club Torquay United on his 17th birthday. He made his debut in April 1949 against Northampton Town. Within two years he had established himself in the Torquay side and for a short time had a successful forward line partnership with Sammy Collins.
He also completed his apprenticeship as a plumber and did his National Service before signing for Cardiff City in October 1952, as part of an agreement between the club and Torquay that Cardiff received first option on their players in exchange for regular loan deals. He was put straight into the side and over the following three seasons he established himself in the First Division, scoring some vital goals for the club.
He left Cardiff in July 1955 to sign for Lincoln City for a fee of £3000, making his debut on 20 August 1955 against Blackburn Rovers. He scored twenty times that season, taking over as the Imps' main striker when Andy Graver was sold to Stoke City, and spent three years with Lincoln before deciding to return to the South-West of England. Despite interest from both Exeter City and Plymouth Argyle, Torquay manager Eric Webber secured Northcott's services in November 1957 for a fee of £5,000.
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