Full name Thomas William Wield Place of death Lincoln Position Wing half Date of death 1963 (aged 76–77) Role Footballer | Place of birth Lincoln, England Name Tommy Wield Date of birth 1886 Playing position | |
Thomas William "Tommy" Wield (1886–1963) was an English professional footballer who made 131 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City. He played as a wing half.
Life and career
Wield was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, and began his football career with St Catherines before joining his local professional club, Lincoln City. He made his debut in a 1–0 win away to Burslem Port Vale in the Football League Second Division in October 1904, and played 13 league games before spending a couple of seasons back in local football with Grantham Avenue. He returned to Lincoln City in 1909, and remained with the club for the next ten years, playing his last game for the club in the War League in 1919.
After the war, he played for Scunthorpe & Lindsey United and Gainsborough Trinity, made one Central Alliance appearance for Grantham in September 1922, and finished his career with Horncastle Town and then Lincoln Claytons.
Wield died in Lincoln in 1963.