Tommy Younger
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Younger | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 13 January 1984 (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1956 | Hibernian | 177 | (0) |
| 1956–1959 | Liverpool | 120 | (0) |
| 1959–1960 | Falkirk | 6 | (0) |
| 1960 | Stoke City | 10 | (0) |
| 1960–1961 | Rhyl | 3 | (0) |
| 1961 | Toronto City | 23 | (0) |
| 1961–1963 | Leeds United | 37 | (0) |
| Total | 350 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1955–1958 | Scotland | 24 | (0) |
| 1955 | Scottish League XI | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1959–1960 | Falkirk | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas "Tommy" Younger (10 April 1930 – 13 January 1984) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Hibernian, Liverpool, Falkirk, Leeds United, Stoke City and the Scotland national team.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Younger signed for his hometown club Hibernian in 1948. He was part of the successful side of the early 50s, winning two titles in 1950–51 and 1951–52.
Liverpool manager Phil Taylor signed Younger in June 1956 for £9000. He made his debut at Anfield on 18 August 1956 in a league match against Huddersfield Town. Huddersfield spoilt Younger's day by taking both points from a 3–2 win. He kept his first clean-sheet two games later at Gigg Lane as the Reds beat Bury 2–0. Younger immediately took over the No.1 jersey at Anfield and played in 43 of Liverpool's 45 matches in his first season. Younger spent three years at Liverpool, only missing six matches during this time making a total of 127 appearances.
In 1959, he was allowed to leave to take on a player/manager role at Falkirk. A back injury led to him ending his playing career, but after finding out that the injury was not as bad as first diagnosed, he signed for Stoke City in 1960. Younger played ten league games for Stoke towards the end of the 1959–60 season. He endured an awful short time at the Victoria Ground in his ten matches Stoke lost nine of them with Younger conceding 22 goals, he was released at the end of the season.
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