| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Henry Briggs | ||
| Date of birth | (1923-11-27)27 November 1923 | ||
| Place of birth | Chesterfield, England | ||
| Date of death | 10 February 1984(1984-02-10) (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Grimsby, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | (0) |
| 1947–1950 | Grimsby Town | 116 | (78) |
| 1950–1951 | Coventry City | 11 | (7) |
| 1951–1952 | Birmingham City | 50 | (22) |
| 1952–1957 | Blackburn Rovers | 194 | (140) |
| 1957–1958 | Grimsby Town | 19 | (9) |
| 1959–1960 | Glentoran | ||
| Total | 390 | (256) | |
| International career | |||
| 1950 | England B | 1 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1959–1960 | Glentoran (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Henry Briggs (27 November 1923 – 10 February 1984) was an English professional footballer who played as acentre forward. He was born inChesterfield,Derbyshire,[2] and died inGrimsby,Lincolnshire. He still holds a record for scoring seven goals in a single match forBlackburn Rovers againstBristol Rovers.[2]
Briggs started his career atGrimsby Town in 1947. In 1950 he signed forCoventry City but did not settle. He moved on toBirmingham City but did not settle there either, eventually arriving atBlackburn Rovers.[2] He played 194 games and scored 140 goals for Rovers before returning to Grimsby in 1958.
He joinedGlentoran as player-manager in March 1959,[3] led them to runners-up spot in the1959–60 Irish League, and left by mutual consent in late 1960.[4]
He played and scored for theEngland B-team againstSwitzerland B in 1950.[5]
Gold Cup Winners: 1960
Distillery did very well to take a point from Glentoran at the Oval. The Ballymacarrett club's new player-manager Tommy Briggs, ex-Grimsby Town centre-forward, had his first goal in Irish football in the seventeenth minute of the game.
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