Tommy Younger

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Tommy Younger
Personnel
Surname Thomas Younger
birthday April 10, 1930
place of birth Edinburgh ,  Scotland
date of death January 13, 1984
size 185 cm
position goalkeeper
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1948-1956 Hibernian Edinburgh 181 (0)
1956-1959 Liverpool FC 120 (0)
1959-1960 FC Falkirk 6 (0)
1960 Stoke City 10 (0)
1960-1961 Rhyl FC
1961 Toronto City
1961–1962 Leeds United 37 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1955-1958 Scotland 24 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1959-1960 FC Falkirk
1 Only league games are given.

Thomas "Tommy" Younger (born April 10, 1930 in Edinburgh , † January 13, 1984 ) was a Scottish football player on the position of goalkeeper .

Life

Club player

Younger began his professional career at his hometown club Hibernian Edinburgh , where he developed into a goalkeeper at an early age and was a great support for the successful team that won the last two championship titles in the club's history in the seasons 1950/51 and 1951/52. In addition, the Hibs narrowly missed two more championship titles in this era, when they were runner-up behind the Glasgow Rangers in 1949/50 with only one point behind and in 1952/53 only because of the poorer goal quotient (1.82 versus 2.05) .

In 1956 Younger moved to Liverpool , which was playing in the English second division at the time , for whom he made his debut on August 18, 1956 in a second division home game against Huddersfield Town (2: 3) and three years later, on April 25, 1959, played his last game at Swansea City (3: 3).

When Younger was ousted by the younger Bert Slater before the 1959/60 season , he moved to FC Falkirk as a player- coach . After a serious injury, he thought his active career was over and withdrew. However, when he found the injury wasn't as bad as originally thought, he returned to goal, this time receiving a contract with English club Stoke City . Soon after, he went to Welsh Rhyl FC and a short time later to the newly formed Canadian club Toronto City , before ending his active career with English club Leeds United .

National player

Between 1955 and 1958 Tommy Younger was the goalkeeper of the Scottish national team and played a total of 24 international matches. He made his debut on May 4, 1955 against Portugal (3-0) and his last appearance was on June 11, 1958 at the World Cup finals in 1958 against Paraguay (3-0).

Later activities

After his playing career, Younger returned to his former club, Hibernian FC, in October 1969 and was elected to the board, where he was most recently vice president. In May 1983 he was elected President of the Scottish Football Association . He held this post until his unexpectedly early death on January 13, 1984 at the age of only 53 years.

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personal data
SURNAME Younger, Tommy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Younger, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish football player in the position of goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1984