Tommy Ring
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Ring | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 5 October 1997 (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1949 | Ashfield | ||
| 1949–1960 | Clyde | 280 | (124) |
| 1960–1961 | Everton | 27 | (6) |
| 1961–1963 | Barnsley | 21 | (1) |
| 1963 | Aberdeen | 2 | (0) |
| 1963–1964 | Fraserburgh | ||
| 1964–1965 | Stevenage Town | ||
| National team | |||
| 1953–1957 | Scotland | 12 | (2) |
| 1953–1957 | Scottish League XI | 8 | (4) |
| 1952 | Scottish League Two XI | 1 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas "Tommy" Ring (8 August 1930 – 5 October 1997) was a Scottish footballer who played for Ashfield, Clyde, Everton, Barnsley, Aberdeen, Fraserburgh, Stevenage Town, and the Scotland national team.
Ring was born in Glasgow and is perhaps best known for his time at Scottish club Clyde, during which he won the Scottish Cup in 1954–55 and 1957–58. Ring scored the winning goal in the replayed 1955 Scottish Cup Final, against Celtic. He also won Scottish Division Two championships in 1951–52 and 1956–57.
Ring was transferred to Everton in January 1960 for £12,000. He made a significant contribution at Everton in the 1960–61 season, and is still considered one of their best players hence many headlines were written concerning him such as 'Blues could just "Ring" for service', etc.
Ring left Everton, due to a broken leg injury, in November 1961 and joined Barnsley. He returned to Scotland in 1963 with a short spell at Aberdeen before ending his career with further brief periods at Fraserburgh in the Scottish Highland Football League, and with Stevenage Town in the English Southern Football League.
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