Tommy Yews
Personal information
Full name Thomas Peace Yews
Date of birth (1902-02-28)28 February 1902
Place of birth Wingate, County Durham, England
Date of death August 1966(1966-08-00) (aged 64)
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
NER Durham
1920–1923 Hartlepool United 48 (3)
1923–1933 West Ham United 332 (46)
1933 Clapton Orient 3
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Peace Yews (28 February 1902 – August 1966) was an English footballer, playing as a winger.

Yews was born in Wingate, County Durham and played for NER Durham before joining Hartlepool United in 1920.[1]

Yews joined West Ham United for a fee of £150 in 1923 and played in the high-scoring Hammers team that included Vic Watson, and Jimmy Ruffell on the opposite wing.[2] He made a total of 361 appearances for the Upton Park club, scoring 51 goals.[3]

He left West Ham in 1933 and played three League games for Clapton Orient before retiring.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Tom Yews". inthemadcrowd.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 221. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  3. ↑ Northcutt, John; Marsh, Steve (2015). West Ham United: The Complete Record. deCoubertin Books. pp. 526–627. ISBN 978-1-909245-27-3.


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