Date of death 1953 (aged 52–53) Name Tony Weldon | Years Team Playing position | |
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Date of birth (1900-11-12)12 November 1900 Place of birth Croy, Inverness, Scotland | ||
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Anthony "Tony" Weldon (born 12 November 1900 – 1953) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside left for Kilsyth Rangers, Airdrieonians, Everton, Hull City, West Ham United, Lovells Athletic, Rochdale, Dundalk and Bangor.
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Footballing career
Weldon played football in Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland, often spending only one season with a club. Born in Croy, a village between Inverness and Nairn in Scotland, Weldon started his footballing career with Kilsyth Rangers based in Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire before signing for Airdrieonians in 1924 for a transfer fee of £5. With Airdrieonians, such were his performances that he found himself picked for the first team ahead of Scottish international players, Willie Russell and Hughie Gallacher.
In 1927 he moved to England and Everton for a transfer fee of £2,000 where he remained until the end of 1929. Weldon's debut match for Everton, on 12 March 1927, saw his side win 2–1 against Leeds United. Weldon scored one of the goals, the other coming from Everton legend, Dixie Dean. His time at Everton saw him play 74 games and score 13 goals and be part of the team which won the 1927–28 First Division.
Signing for Hull City for £1,000 in December 1929 he remained there until 1931 when he moved south to play for West Ham United. He made his debut on 29 August 1931 in a 1–0 away win against Bolton Wanderers; his debut goal coming in his next game, a 3–1 home win against Chelsea. He lasted a single season playing 22 games in all competitions scoring four goals in a season which saw West Ham relegated to the Second Division having finished in 22nd and bottom place in the First Division.
In 1932, Weldon signed for Welsh side, Lovell's Athletic, then playing in the Western League. After a season he moved to Rochdale in the Third Division North, again only for one season. He next signed for Dundalk where he became player-coach but this lasted only a few months before he became player-manager of Bangor.
Personal life
He died in 1953. Weldon was the father-in-law of footballer, Jim Storrie possibly best known as a Leeds United player of the 1960s.