| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Thomas John Seymour Phillips | ||
| Date of birth | (1951-07-07)7 July 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Shrewsbury | ||
| Date of death | 31 March 2017(2017-03-31) (aged 65) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1969 | Shrewsbury Town | 51 | (0) |
| 1969 | Aston Villa | 15 | (0) |
| 1970–1980 | Chelsea | 125 | (0) |
| 1980 | Crewe Alexandra | 6 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | (0) |
| 1982 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Sea Bee | ||
| Total | 200 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1973–1974 | Wales | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas John Seymour Phillips (7 July 1951 – 31 March 2017)[1] was a Welshfootballer who played as agoalkeeper for various English clubs and theWelsh national team.[2]
Phillips started out with his home town club,Shrewsbury Town, for whom he made 51 appearances, before transferring toAston Villa at the age of 18. After only a handful of matches for Villa, Phillips joinedChelsea in August 1970 for £25,000. He was to spend the majority of his career with the westLondon club as the long-term understudy toPeter Bonetti and only once, in1974–75, was he to make over 30 appearances in a season for the club. He made a total of 149 appearances for Chelsea.
He left Chelsea in 1980 and had brief spells withCrewe Alexandra,Brighton & Hove Albion,Charlton Athletic,Crystal Palace andSea Bee inHong Kong. John Toshack signed Phillips for Swansea City in the early Eighties, but he never made the first team. He also won 4caps for the Wales national team. Phillips died in 2017 at the age of 65 after a long illness.[3]
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